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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.

Vindolanda

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Museum Tours

Language

English

This website is the home of the Vindolanda Charitable Trust, which seeks to captivate the public through the preservation of the Roman Fort of Vindolanda. Information on events, tickets, donations to the preservation of the site, and information for school visits.

Database of Early Dynastic inscriptions

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

An online database with various Early Dynastic inscriptions. There is both a search and browse function. This site is designed primarily for researchers.

Archaeological Fantasies Podcast

Category

General Archaeology

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

Podcast that focuses on debunking pseudoarchaeology (such as Ancient Aliens) and hoaxes. Host frequently interviews experts on particular subtopics.

Penn/Cambridge Genizah Fragment Project

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English, Hebrew

This joint project by the University of Cambridge and the University of Pennsylvania provides photographs of ancinet Jewish texts.

The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society (MIAS)

Category

Arabic & Islamic Studies

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

The Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society (MIAS) was founded in 1977 to promote a greater understanding of the work of Ibn Arabi and his followers. MIAS publishes a journal, hosts events, and digitizies manuscripts, among other historical efforts.

NAVIS I

Category

Ancient Europe

Type

Research Materials

Language

English; German; Dutch; Danish; Italian; Spanish; French; Polish; Greek

An international searchable database on European ship archaeology that contains information on over 100 sunken ships from antiquity. It is searchable and browseable by NAVIS ship catalog number, themes, find spots, and has an interactive mapping software.

Ancient Corinth

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Archaeological Site

Language

English

The website of the Corinth Excavation by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens provides information about the history of excavations, research, current projects, publications, archaeological collections, and an archive of digital resources (including 3D models and GIS data).

Paleo-Hebrew Dead Sea Scrolls

Category

Late Antique and Medieval Studies

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

This website contains a database on the palaeography of the Paleo-Hebrew texts from Qumran, including a research article, palaeographic tables produced using LaTeX, and digitized images of hebrew letters and paleo-hebrew fonts.

The Mappola Project

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website has digitized over 4,000 Latin verse inscriptions from the 3rd century BCE to Late Antiquity. There are some translated inscriptions (English and German), video presentations, an "Epigram of the Month" blog series, list of publications resulting from the project, and detailed explanations of the project and current research. The database is currently in development and is password protected.

Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL) | Universitāt Leipzig

Category

Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This project by the Universitāt Leipzig (SEAL) is an ongoing project which started in 2007. It aims to compile an exhaustive catalogue of Akkadian literary texts from the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE, to present this corpus in such a way as to enable the efficient study of the entire early Akkadian corpus in all its philological, literary, and historical dimensions. Many of the editions in SEAL rely on new collations and photographs.

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