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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.

Indo-European.eu | Languages, Cultures, and Peoples

Category

General History

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

This website features articles and analyses of Indo-European cultures, migrations, and identities, and their interactiosn with neighboring ancient peoples.

Pelagios

Category

General History

Type

Online Groups

Language

English

The Pelagios Network connects researchers, students, and the public in creating digital projects to advance our understanding of relationships between texts, objects, and space. The Network has six core project areas: annotation, collaboration, gazeteers, pedagogy, registry, and visualizations. This website contains write-ups and links to different digital partner projects, as well as tools for users to undertake their own digital project. There is a substantial number of ancient studies projects including historical, archaeological, linguistic, and digital mapping projects.

Giza Archives Project

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This site hosts downlable (.pdf files) articles and books related to the Giza pyramids, organized alphabetically by author last name.

Learn about Iowa's Past

Category

Ancient American (Indigenous) Studies

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

An introduction to Iowan history from the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist sorted into subtopics. Each subtopic page includes citations that may be useful for further research.

Ancient Exchanges

Category

General History

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This online journal is dedicated to publishing literary and contemporary translations of ancient texts from around the globe. Recent issues include translations from Greek and Latin texts, but also Classcal Arabic, Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese, and Old English.

Egypt Museum

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

Egypt Museum is a virtual museum of ancient Egypt art culture and history, artifacts, treasures and sculptures, tombs and temple reliefs.

Suda On Line: Byzantine Lexicography

Category

Late Antique and Medieval Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website provides the text, translation, and scholarly commentary on the Suda, a 10th century CE Byzantine Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world. Its contents cover Greek and Roman antiquity, as well as Biblical and Christian material. The site is searchable by keyword or browseable by Greek letter. Subscription not required, but creating a free log-in can gain access to more advanced tools.

Library of Ancient Texts Online (LATO)

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English, French, German, Dutch, Greek, Ancient Greek

This website contains a near-comprehensive list of links to ancient Greek texts and translations (mostly in English, but also several in French, and a few in German, Dutch, and modern Greek). Most texts are before 500 CE, but there are also some Byzantine texts.

The Clergy of the Church of England Database (CCEd)

Category

Biblical Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website is online database for records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales with the aim of providing coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century.

Penn Museum at Home

Category

General Archaeology

Type

Museum Tours

Language

English

A collection of educational activities from the Penn Museum that can be done at home. Includes an interactive map that can be used to view the collection digitally, recorded history lectures for adults, activities for children, short videos (3 minutes at most) about individual items from the museum collection, teacher resources, and interactive pages that allow you to transcribe your name in cuneiform or Egyptian heiroglyphs.

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