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This paper reports the progress made in the computerization of the Athenian study at XXXX University, which compiles and studies data about the persons in ancient Athens. We first summarize the issues and solutions on data storage since relational databases were applied in the study in the 1970s. We then detail the recent progress on the computerization of the project, which includes a method to digitize squeezes and an approach to develop an interactive map to facilitate the study of ancient Athens. The squeezes are paper impressions of ancient inscriptions. There is a high demand to digitize squeezes and make them freely available to humanities scholars worldwide. The proposed method generates bright digital images from low-relief ancient Greek characters on paper by convoluting 4 images of the same squeeze taken from different angles via the “Lazy Susan” platform. An interactive digital map of ancient Athens is highly helpful for the study, which visualizes the geographic information of ancient Athens and relates Athenians with their locations. The interactive map is developed based on the Leaflet, which is free and open source. The progress reported in the paper will greatly promote the computerization of the Athenian study.