(Biblical Archaeology): Visualizing Ancient Antioch

Ancient Antioch: Visualizing Antioch’s Trade Networks with Google Earth

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Robin Ngo   •  01/08/2014

Kristina Neumann created an interactive map tracing ancient Antioch’s trade networks. Courtesy Kristina Neumann and the University of Cincinnati.

Digital humanities research—research that employs cutting-edge computing technologies to study disciplines in the humanities—has allowed researchers to examine ancient political and economic relationships from a broader perspective. So believes Kristina Neumann, doctoral candidate at the University of Cincinnati, who created an interactive map tracing ancient Antioch’s trade networks using the popular Google Earth software. Her research, described in a press release from the University of Cincinnati, reveals that ancient Antioch—a Syrian city that played a vital role in the emergence of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity—had a more extensive trading network than previously thought.


Neumann created an extensive database of Antiochene coin hoards dating from the late third century B.C.E. to the early fifth century C.E as well as non-Antiochene coins excavated at ancient Antioch. The database recorded information such as where each coin was found, when it was minted and under which ruler it was made. Neumann then imported the data into Google Earth.

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