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Online Resources Database for Ancient Studies

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World History Encyclopedia

Category

General History

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

The World History Encyclopedia (formerly the Ancient History Encyclopedia) provides a multitude of resources to engage the public in world history and cultural heritage. There are numerous encyclopedia-style articles on a range of historical and archaeological topics including, art and architecture, daily life, biographies of famous individuals, places, states, time periods, religions, and warfare. The coverage of the site is primarily ancient and medieval, but it is expanding into the Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern periods. There is also a repository of materials for educators such as timelines, quizzes, a media library, and translations of ancient documents. There is also a growing collection of YouTube videos and podcasts on world history subjects. Many of the articles have been translated into a variety of languages.

The China Biographical Database

Category

East Asian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English, Chinese

The China Biographical Database Project is a freely accessible relational database with biographical information on over 500,000 historical individuals primarily from the 7th through 19th centuries. The database datasets are downloadable. There is also additional information on their blog, published papers, and events pages.

Achemenet

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

French; English

This website contains various tools and resources for the study of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, including texts, translations, bibliography, information on archaeological sites, images, maps, museum information, and online publications. Texts are arranged by language (Aramaic, Babylonian, Egyptian, Elamite, Greek, Lycian, and multilingual), region (Anatolia, Babylon, Egypt, Fars, and Greece), and publication.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Category

Art History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This is an interactive timeline of art history which contains images of objects, essays on topics from global prehistory, antiquity and middle ages, and chronologies, telling the history of art through the diverse collection of the Met which has many objects of historic significance from all contients - useful for archaeology and ancient art history, also includes essays and videos as study aids

Lingua Graeca Per Se Illustrata

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Languages

Language

English

LGPSI is an open-ended collaborative project to develop sets of graded reading that guide learners from the beginning to a reading proficiency in ancient Greek (initially Koine, eventually expanding into Attic, Homer, and Byzantine). Knowledge of ancient Greek is necessary to use the site.

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

This website has information regarding the Temple on Mouth Morah, with links to maps, reconstructions, and histories of Jerusalem and other sites of interest.

Manar Al-Athar

Category

Arabic & Islamic Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

An open image archive of the Islamic world that includes "archaeological sites, buildings and art, cover the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, as well as some bordering regions, such as Georgia and Armenia."

The Orion Center for the Study of the
Dead Sea Scrolls and Associated Literature | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

English, Hebrew

The Center aims to stimulate and foster research on the Scrolls, particularly the great task of integrating the new information gained from the Scrolls into the body of knowledge about Jewish history and religion in the Second Temple period. Such integration affects the study of the Bible, Jewish literature and thought of the Second Temple Period, earliest Christianity and the New Testament, early rabbinic Judaism, and more.

Avicenna Project

Category

Ancient Philosophy

Type

Study Aids

Language

English, Arabic

A website about the project about Avicenna. It aims at 'mapping the manuscript diffusion of Avicenna's Ilahiyyat, at surveying its indirect tradition, and at establishing critically the text of this work along the standards of classical philology. The edition is complemented by a facing English translation and a philosophical commentary, in order to make the edition accessible to readers not familiar with the Arabic language and scholars interested in the doctrinal content of the work.'

Musicircle; Sara de Rose

Category

Ancient Music

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

The Musicircle teaches music theory using simple numeric and geometric patterns, and it includes information on ancient Mesopotamian and Chinese music theory.

The History of Philosophy ''Without any Gaps''

Category

Ancient Philosophy

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

A series of podcasts on the ideas, lives, and historical contexts of the major philosophers and philosophical schools, as well as the lesser-known figures of the philosophical traditions. The website offers a variety of episodes on Classical Greek Philosophy and Late Antiquity, as well as Islamic, Byzantine, and Africana philosophies.

Bible History

Category

Biblical Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website has very extensive collection of annotated links to both primary and secondary sources on every aspect of the Biblical and post-Biblical periods with coverage of related fields, such as Greek and Roman studies.

The Arizona Archaeological & Historical Society

Category

General Archaeology

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

Videos by the Arizona Archaeological & Historical Society focusing primarily on Native American archaeology through recorded lectures and interviews with local historians.

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