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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 Online Critical Pseudepigrapha
Category
Biblical Studies
Type
Languages
Language
English
The website publishes digital version of critical texts of the "Old Testament" Pseudepigrapha and related literature. The database of texts is browseable by genre, individual prophet, and names of texts. Each text contains informatoin on manuscripts, bibliography, and an introduction.
A 1,000-Year-Old Antimicrobial Remedy with Antistaphylococcal Activity | American Society for Microbiology
Category
History of Science & Technology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Text about a 1000 year old remedy for bacterial infection. Information about the research, reconstruction of the remedy and statistics.
The Office of the State Archaeologist (University of Iowa)
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The homepage of the Office of the State Archaeologist of Iowa (USA) that contains information related to archaeology conducted in Iowa. There are also general introductions to archaeology, a digitized collections of lithics, and other information on education and conservation.
The Maritime Archaeology Databases
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Maritime Archaeology Databases has a collection of shipwreck information, shipwreck artifacts, numismatic (coin) materials, as well as the ANCODS (Agreement between Australia and the Netherlands Concerning Old Dutch Shipwrecks) collection.
Ancient Pottery Database | The Foundation for Archaeological Research of the Land of Israel
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website is database of ancient pottery assemblages, divided into geographical regions and periods of use, subdivided into type categories such as parallel finds, special features, measurements and bibliographic references. The main focus of this site is the pottery of the Southern Levant, with special emphasis on the pottery of the Holy Land throughout the periods.
National Park Service
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Although it protects parks, the organization is still linked to history and culture, especially natural and human prehistory and American pre-colonial history of cultures, they have a database of parks, many non-scholarly articles about history and about preservation, as well as images and maps.
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