Map (2.0) of Global Distribution of Mosaic Fragments from Antioch Now Live!

The Antioch Recovery Project is proud to announce the launch of an updated interactive ArcGIS map (ARP Map 2.0) that visualizes the global distribution of mosaic fragments from Antioch and the corresponding institutions now caring for them. This map revises and updates ARP Map 1.0, first published in 2020. This tool marks each institution holding at least one fragment of mosaic from ancient Antioch with a dot and these scale in relation to the number of fragments in a given collection—the larger the dot, the more fragments in their care. Locations can be filtered by a range of information regarding the mosaic artworks—ancient structure, contemporary repository, archaeological sector, etc. 

A product of extensive collaborative research, Hopkins faculty, staff, students and members of the global community of Antioch researchers have all contributed to this map, which offers to the most up-to-date view of where the widely dispersed mosaic fragments are now housed to virtually reunite the corpus. Digital Humanities librarians Dr. Emily McGinn and Jing Xiao, Curator of Visual Resources Lael Ensor-Bennett, ARP principal investigator Jennifer Stager, and members of the ARP team worked throughout academic year 2024-2025 on this updated version.

The map is designed to be user-friendly while still displaying detailed information about each mosaic fragment, making it a helpful resource for scholars, students, and anyone researching ancient Antioch and its artistic heritage. 

ARP will continue to revise and update the map as new information becomes available, so please contact us with any updates about possible mosaic fragments.