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History Sites by Period
Ancient History
About the Greco-Roman
World
http://ancienthistory.about.com/
Directory of sites dealing with ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and
Mesopotamia..
Abzu : Oriental Research Insitute
http://www.etana.org/abzu
"Abzu is an experimental guide to the rapidly increasing, and
widely distributed data relevant to the study and public presentation
of the Ancient Near East via the Internet." It is maintained
by the Oriental Research Institute of Chicago. You can find many
primary and secondary sources in full text here.
Academic Info
http://www.academicinfo.net/histanc.html
Non-profit site featuring many links to important documentation
about ancient cultures. Only problem with the site is their inclusion
of a credit card icon for fund raising purposes.
Ancient
Greek and Roman Medicine
hhttp://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu
Excellent resource from the University of Virginia.
Ancient
Military History
http://www.hillsdale.edu/academics/history/War/
Egyptian and Roman battles of importance.
Archeology
of Israel
http://www.imj.org.il/eng/archaeology/index.html
Site created by the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem.
Biblical Archeology
http://www.biblicalarcheology.net/
The most comprehensive free site on this material on the web.
Bullfinch's Mythology
http://www.bartleby.com/bulfinch/
The entire text.
Celtic
Art and Sculpture
http://www.unc.edu/courses/art111/celtic/index.html
This site was "created for use in the Art History course Celtic
Art and Cultures (Art 111) at UNC in the Fall semester, 1998. This
site continues to be used for the students working on independent
studies"
Celtic
European History
http://vlib.iue.it/history/chronological/celtic_europe.html
Links from the acclaimed Virtual Library.
The Classics Collection,
University of Florida
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/classics/
Includes the Argos search engine of the ancient web linking the
user to countless ancient literature and history sites.
Classics Studies
Web
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/wessclassics/
The Association of College and Research Libraries site for classics.
"Classics Studies Web is designed to provide access to scholarly
resources in Classics Studies. The geographical coverage includes
the Mediterranean (particularly Greece and Rome) during the Classical
and Hellenistic periods".
Classics Unveiled
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/
Roman life and history, Latin vocabulary, Greek mythology.
Dead
Sea Scrolls
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html
Site created by the Library of Congress.
Diotima: Materials for the
Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
"Diotima serves as an interdisciplinary resource for anyone
interested in patterns of gender around the ancient Mediterranean
and as a forum for collaboration among instructors who teach courses
about women and gender in the ancient world. This site includes
course materials, the beginnings of a systematic and searchable
bibliography, and links to many on-line resources, including articles,
book reviews, databases, and images"
From
Jesus to Christ: The First Christians
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/religion/
Frontline production theories, some controversial, on the early
history of Christianity. Articles, and vivid images.
Edward Gibbon
.
http://books.mirror.org/gb.gibbon.html
Biographical material on the great 18th century historian, as well
as the text of the Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Egyptian Links on the Web
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/
Archeology, art, culture and contemporary travel in Egypt. Includes
image files and links.
Egyptology Resources
on the Web
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/
British site using Cambridge University servers.
Exploring Ancient World Sites
http://eawc.evansville.edu/
A wonderful site created at the University of Evansville. Includes
extensive information and links to sites dealing with the ancient
Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome and Europe.
Inside the Pyramid
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Come Step Inside the Pyramid and Experience it Yourself! Interactive
site created by NOVA featuring, history, and archeology.
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html
Excellent site created at Fordham University includes full texts
of many ancient texts including the works of Herodotus, Thucydides,
Aristotle, Xenophon, Pausanias, Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Tacitus,
Suetonius, Cicero, Juvenal, Julius Caesar , Sallust, Livy, Pliny
and the complete works of Plato.
KMT: A Modern Journal
of Ancient Egypt
http://www.egyptology.com/kmt/
Excellent journal of egyptology.
LacusCurtius:
Gateway to Ancient Roman
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.htmll
Includes the Roman Gazetteer, a commented photo album of Roman towns
and monuments; the complete texts of William Smith's Dictionary
of Greek and Roman Antiquities; A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient
Rome; Pagan and Christian Rome: an account, by Rodolfo Lanciani;
The RomanSites Archives: A gateway to over 2000 websites on the
history, art and literature of ancient Rome; and Roman Roads in
Britain, by Thomas Codrington:
Official Website for
Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities
http://www.guardians.net/hawass/
This site features much discussion about Giza as Dr. Zahi is also
the Director of excavations there.
Perseus Digital Library
Project
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Tufts University project supplying translated primary and secondary
text sources for the study of Greek and Roman civilization. This
site also includes an extensive Papyri collection.
Prehistory
http://vlib.iue.it/history/chronological/prehistory.htmll
Numerous links to history and archeology sites dealing with prehistory
from the Virtual Library..
Roman
Art and Architecture
http://harpy.uccs.edu/images/roman/html/roman.html
University of Colorado site. Many photographic images.
Roman Law search Engine
http://iuscivile.com/
Information on Roman law sources and literature, the teaching of
Roman law, and the persons who engage in the study of Roman law
created at the University of Aberdeen.
Rome Project
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/
A wonderful site created by New York's Dalton School. Sites on mythology
and religion are very useful.
Seven Wonders of
the Ancient World
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
Photos, drawings, descriptions and history of the Seven Wonders
created at the University of South Florida
The Stone Pages
http://www.stonepages.com/
Megalithic culture built more than just Stonehenge. Take a tour
of prehistoric architecture and visit the stone circles, dolmens,
cairns and hillforts in Great Britain, France and Italy.
VRoma
http://vroma.org/
VRoma is first and foremost a community of scholars, both teachers
and students, who help to create on-line resources for teaching
Latin and ancient Roman culture and who use these resources in their
courses...an on-line 'place,' modeled upon the ancient city of Rome,
where students and instructors can interact live, hold courses and
lectures, and share resources for the study of the ancient world...These
extendible and customizable resources will include texts, commentaries,
images, maps and other materials." A browsable and wonderful
resource and teaching tool.
Why do Civilizations
Collapse?
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/collapse/
An interactive program produced by the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia
Collection, this engaging online program engages the viewer while
offering information on the rise and fall of such ancient civilizatons
as the Mesopotamian, Maya, Chaco Canyon, and Mali.
World Civilizations
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/WORLD.HTM
A complete internet class resource covering all periods, including
ancient civilizations.
WWW-
VL - Ancient Egypt
http://vlib.iue.it/history/chronological/ancient_egypt.html
Extensive resource to hundreds of links, including full text sites,
museum sites and on-line publications.
WWW
- VL : Ancient Greece
http://web.archive.org/
Virtual Catalog's central site in Florence, Italy provides these
links. Extensive resource to hundreds of links, including full text
sites, museum sites and on-line publications. Many of the great
classics are provided in electronic format, free of charge.
WWW
- VL : Helenic Age
http://vlib.iue.it/history/chronological/hellenistic.html
Extensive resource to hundreds of links, including full text sites,
museum sites and on-line publications.
WWW
- VL: Ancient Rome
http://vlib.iue.it/history/europe/ancient_rome/index.html
Extensive resource to hundreds of links, including full text sites,
museum sites and on-line publications. This site includes a search
engine, as its database is so large. Many of the great classics
are provided in electronic format, free of charge.
Medieval
& Renaissance History
A Boke
of Good Medieval Cookery
http://www.godecookery.com/godeboke/godeboke.htm
Byzantine through 17th Century recipies and everything in between.
Medieval recipie translations and a glossary of terms is included.
Birka
och Vikingarna:
http://www.skolinternet.telia.se/TIS/birka/
Prehistoric Sweden and its towns, featuring articles on the history
of Birka, a Viking community, and on recent excavations of the area.
Chaucerian
Cook Book
http://www.godecookery.com/chaucer/ccookery.htm
A wonderful collection of essays on food and drink during the time
of Chaucer. Recipies are given too. (In case you have a hankering
for Stubbel Goos with Percely)
Higgins
Armory Museum - Collection & Research
http://www.higgins.org/Research/resources.shtml
Links to museums and resources for armor, medieval and renaissance
warfare, and other sites relating to medieval and renaissance culture
and society. The Higgins Museum in Worcester, MA houses the largest
collection of armor outside of Europe. They also have a very complete
in-house library.
Labyrinth
http://labyrinth.georgetown.edu/
A site created at Georgetown University, it includes full-text resources
and links to many sources including such subjects as the Crusades,
heraldry,and medieval woman.
Isadore of Seville
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/
Unusual site with useful links to full text.
The Middle
Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/
An interactive program produced by the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia
Collection. This site describes what it was like to live in the
middle ages. Try your hand at medieval medicine, guess which major
European cathedral collapsed, and determine what type of hat would
look best on your head if you lived eight hundred years ago.
Net Serf
http://www.netserf.org/
An extensive index to medieval web sites, collected, and annotated
by Beau A.C. Harbin and sponsored by the Department of History at
The Catholic University of America
Orb
http://www.the-orb.net/
"ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval
scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious
students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers"
Many interesting articles and links to sites providing not only
information but full texts of medieval classics.
Plague
and Public Life In Renaissance Europe
http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/osheim/intro.html
"This project involves the creation of a hypertext archive
of narratives, medical consilia, governmental records, religious
and spiritual writings and images documenting the arrival, impact
and response to the problem of epidemic disease in Western Europe
between 1348 and 1530"
Renaissance
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/
An interactive program produced by the Annenberg/CPB Multimedia
Collection. Articles, visuals and a chance to interact. (Yes, you
can even try to become a renaissance spice trader.)
Shakespeare
Sources
http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/sources.htm
Primary Historical Documents from Brigham Young University.
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