agamemnus Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 (edited) Well, I bought the map to help me as a reference. I am currently looking through Africa, and I have found that Banasa is not in the correct place, and possibly Sala needs to be further up. I have determined that the Sala site ("Sala Colonia") is in Rabat, Morocco. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chellah http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&biw=800&bih=469&q=morocco&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Banasa is to the east of Sala, not north. The Banasa site is located in "El Gara Jenoun", Morocco: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banasa http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&biw=800&bih=469&q=morocco&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl Edit: Of course, I could be wrong... I'm not quite sure. There are a few conflicting sources. This one here: http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/~gusev/SciVis/PtolemyWestAfricaReconstructed.pdf ...places Banasa in the current spot, and it's based on Ptomley's "Geography". PS: Primus Pilus, I've sent you several PMs after the first one. Did you receive any? I don't think the PM system is working correctly. PPS: Not sure if this is the right forum... Edited October 4, 2010 by agamemnus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primus Pilus Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 I believe the wikipedia map is incorrect. Sala was located on the ancient Salat river (modern Bou Regreg) near the modern Moroccan city of Rabat. Banasas is near modern Sidi Aji Boujnon and Mount Maatga on the Sebou River. Morocco Map of Sidi Ali Boujnoun Just scroll out a bit to get the full perspective of Rabat to the southwest. It's difficult to find this stuff in English Google mapping... the true Arabic is probably much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agamemnus Posted October 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I believe the wikipedia map is incorrect. Sala was located on the ancient Salat river (modern Bou Regreg) near the modern Moroccan city of Rabat. Banasas is near modern Sidi Aji Boujnon and Mount Maatga on the Sebou River. Morocco Map of Sidi Ali Boujnoun Just scroll out a bit to get the full perspective of Rabat to the southwest. It's difficult to find this stuff in English Google mapping... the true Arabic is probably much easier. Ah, you are right. I found the ruins on the map now. So.. anyway.. I sent you a test pm. Please tell me if you got it or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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