Soleto Map on display at Taranto's National Archaeological MuseumLocalization of the sites shown on the Soleto Map
The Soleto Map is a possibly ancient map depicting Salento and scratched onto a fragment of a terracotta pot (an ostrakon).[1] While the ostrakon itself is undoubtedly ancient, serious doubts have been raised about the age of the map.
^Summary of 2005 colloquium on Soleto Map in Montpellier, France: A New Ancient Map? The Salentine peninsula in the 5th century BC (page taken down: link from Wayback Machine).
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