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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 Association for Preservation Technology International
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Collections of scholarly articles and journals relating to technology for preservation & conservation of historic sites; conference which offers student scholarships for presentations; possibility of memebership
The Netherlands Institute for the Near East
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The institute has recent publications, some of which are freely accessible, as well as information and images about some of its collection, and details about how to visit it
Hethitologie-Portal Mainz
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website contains various tools for the research of the Hittite Language and other related Indo-European languages, Akkadian in the Hittite empire, the history of Ancient Anatolia (mainly during the bronze age), and more. The site also contains links to hundreds of transliterated and translated Hittite cuneiform texts
Heritage Europe
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
Membership of 1200 European heritage site towns with aim of sharing good practice; website has active projects, archive of international reports, links to external resources and scholarly literature on the topic. Also shares information about upcoming events/conferences as well as latest news in the field
Conservation Online
Category
Preservation and Conservation
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Conservation OnLine (CoOL) is a freely accessible platform to generate and disseminate vital resources for those working to preserve cultural heritage worldwide. Provides access to archived journal entries about conservation, some other research materials such as audio materials
Center for Hellenic Studies - Harvard University
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
A center dedicated to the study of Hellenic civilization, broadly defined, that has a library in Washington D.C. but also puts on events and offers open access publications related to ancient Greece.
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