For those of you who have not yet heard, or like me need to be reminded, there are numerous excellent maps–free for educational use–at the The Ancient World Mapping Center (associated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). They also have a frequently updated “features and news” page which provides information relating to geography and cartography of the ancient world (and happened to refer to the CSBS Travel and Religion in Antiquity seminar, which is what reminded me about the maps). The Center was and is directly involved in the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World project and continues to do work in revision and updating. Now that I have the Barrington Atlas–the most detailed map of the ancient world ever, I don’t know how I did without it.

The organization summarizes its aims:

The Ancient World Mapping Center promotes cartography, historical geography and geographic information science as essential disciplines within the field of ancient studies through innovative and collaborative research, teaching, and community outreach activities.