I would like to use a basemap from the Ancient World Mapping Centre, available as maptiles via Mapbox, as basemap in my ArcMap desktop version 10.2.2.
It is possible to add a web tile layer to ArcGIS online as described in:
Is there a similar solution to add a custom map tile layer to ArcMap as in the question underneath?
Adding custom map tile layer using QGIS?
Note: I am looking for a solution that's not using external pluggin or ArcGIS Online.
Best Answer
I am using 10.2.2 and as far as I have been able to tell, there is no equivalent to the (rather excellent) way you can do this in QGIS.
The only option is to save a custom map layer on ArcGIS online and then connect to it using the 'Add data from ArcGIS online' option in the Add Data tab. Otherwise you are restricted to the generic base maps provided by ESRI.
In Arcmap:
File > Add Data > Add data from ArcGIS online..