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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.
The UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese

The website with information about the legal question of the origin of an object (which may have been stolen, pillaged, or illegally exported, imported, or acquired) from all UNESCO members accesses to the relevant national laws.
Digital Central Asian Archaeology (DCAA) collection
Category
Central Asian Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

The Digital Central Asian Archaeology (DCAA) collection, a digital archive and library of Soviet-era and later archaeological reports, surveys, and scholarship on Central Asia. The DCAA is a collection in the Ancient World Digital Library (AWDL), a project of Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. AWDL’s mission is to identify, collect, curate, and provide access to a broad range of scholarly materials relevant to the study of the ancient world.
Epistolae: Medieval Women's Letters
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English

This website contains texts and translations of Medieval Latin letters to and from women from the 4th through 13th centuries in Europe. There are also biographies of the letter writers and additional resources.
Smarthistory
Category
Art History
Type
Study Aids
Language
English

Smarthistory is a radical collaborative of more than five hundred art historians, curators, archaeologists, and artists committed to rewriting the colonial legacies of art history and unlocking the expertise of hundreds of leading scholars, making the history of art accessible to more people, in more places, than any other publisher.
National Museum of China
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English, Chinese

Website of the National Museum of China which provides information about their exhibits, collections of artifacts, photos, and details about them. Ancient exhibits include ancient Chinese currency, calligraphy, clothing, Buddhist sculpture, jade and porcelain art, and bronzes.
Iron-Age-Danube Database
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

The Iron-Age-Danube Project focuses on monumental archaeological landscapes of the Early Iron Age during the 9th–4th centuries BC (Hallstatt period). This website also contains a database of Early Iron Age sites in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovenia. It also contains an interactive thesaurus of Iron Age vocabulary. The project also seeks to help with site conservation.
RISM-OPAC
Category
Ancient Music
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, German, French, Italian, Spanish

RISM-OPAC contains over 1.2 million records for musical sources: music manuscripts, printed music, libretti, and treatises that are held in music libraries, archives, churches, private collections, and other institutions around the world. Most manuscripts date from between the years 1600 and 1850, and the printed music up to 1800.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French, Spanish, German, Chinese, Japanese

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem's collection is extensive and focuses primarily on Jewish and Israeli history, though artifacts and pieces from many other disciplines, cultures, and countries can be found here.
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