Monthly Favorites
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.
Confucius Website
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
Arabic; Chinese; Dutch; English; French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Indonesian; Italian; Japanese; Korean; Latin; Malay; Persian; Polish; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Tagalog; Tamil; Thai
A website that offers various resources and lectures, including translations of the Analects (Lun Yu) in multiple languages, as well as translations of other select passages related to Confucius.
Professor Ron Epstein's Online Educational Resources
on Buddhism
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
A comprehensive compilation of materials on Buddhism collected by Prof. Ron Epstein. The site contains information on Buddhism, spirtual traditionals of China, information from major world religions on filial respect, animal rights, genetic engineering, the environment, and more.
The History of Philosophy ''Without any Gaps''
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
A series of podcasts on the ideas, lives, and historical contexts of the major philosophers and philosophical schools, as well as the lesser-known figures of the philosophical traditions. The website offers a variety of episodes on Classical Greek Philosophy and Late Antiquity, as well as Islamic, Byzantine, and Africana philosophies.
Cremation Bronze Age Burials (CBAB)
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
A collection of the cremation burials in the Late Bronze Age (14th – 9th century BC), from the "Urnfield" culture in Southern and Southeastern Europe. This database offers a unique opportunity to collect, standardize, compare, and analyze data sets from different regions, and thus create a solid starting point for regional and supra-regional studies on Bronze Age cremation phenomena.
Advaita Vedanta Home Page
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English
This site provides an online introduction to the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. It also offers a variety of philosophical texts from the Indian philosophy and an introduction to the philosophy of Advaita (non-dualism).
Avesta: Zoroastrian Archives
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Study Aids
Language
English; Persian
A website that provides the complete text of the Avesta, the most ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism, as well as many Pahlavi scriptures. It also includes information about the Avestan language and other useful information for students of the Zoroastrian religion. Most of the texts are in Persian language but there are many resources in English.
De Wulf - Mansion Centre for Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Category
Ancient Philosophy
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The website for the KU Leuven center for ancient, medieval, renaissance philosophy. It hosts the Aristoteles Latinus project, bibliogrpahies and textual editions for the works of Proclus and Damascius, and other ongroing projects.
Ex Oriente
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Ex Oriente is a archaeological society and non-governmental organization (NGO) that conducts research on the Ancient Near East. This website contains information on the excavation projects at Ba'ja (Petra) and eastern Jafr (Jordan), as well as related projects, including: the Neolithic Heritage Trail, Basta Joint Archaeological Project, PIGPA (Palaeoenvironmental Investigations in the Greater Petra Area) Project, and PPND (Platform for the Publication of Neolithic Radiocarbon Dates).
CREAP (Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes pour l'Art Préhistorique)
Category
Ancient Europe
Type
Research Materials
Language
English; French; Spanish
The website of a French research center dedicated to the study of prehistoric art. It contains a database on Palaeolithic Cave Art with information relating to 369 cave art sites and over 580 European Palaeolithic site. It uses 170 maps and contains over 16,000 digitized images. Access is password protected and currently restricted to select students conducting thesis research.
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