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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.
POxy: Oxyrhynchus Online
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
A searchable and browseable database of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri collection, a collection of thousands of papyri and parchment texts dating from the second century BCE to the seventh century CE. It includes texts in Ancient Greek, Latin, Demotic, Coptic, and Arabic.
The Digital Archaeological Atlas of the Holy Land
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
The DAAHL project collects informations avout Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the archaeology of the Holy Land (Israel, Palestine, Jordan, southern Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, and the Sinai Peninsula) to create the first online digital atlas of the region held sacred to the three great monotheistic faiths – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. They made comprehensive database along with site maps, photographs, and artifacts.
Jewish Virtual Library
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Study Aids
Language
English
The Jewish Virtual Library (JVL) is the most comprehensive online encyclopedia of Jewish history, politics and culture. With nearly 25,000 entries, the JVL is a one-stop shop for students of all ages interested in anything from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
Archaeology Southwest
Category
Ancient American (Indigenous) Studies
Type
Online Groups
Language
English
Archaeology Southwest is a conservation and preservation organization working in the American Southwest. Their website contains exhibits, classes, information about their fieldschools, accessible archaeological information about ancient indigenous cultures, and videos.
Byzantine and Christian Virtual Museum
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English
The Byzantine and Christian Museum, which is based in Athens, is one of Greece’s national museums. Its areas of competency are centred on – but not limited to – religious artefacts of the Early Christian, Byzantine, Medieval, post-Byzantine and later periods which it exhibits, but also acquires, receives, preserves, conserves, records, documents, researches, studies, publishes and raises awareness of.
Visual Arts Cork Encyclopedia of Art
Category
General History
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Encyclopedia-style website on art history, including many detailed entries on prehistoric, ancient and medieval/renaissance art. These are organised by region and time period, and also by art type where applicable. Each entry contains information about the general history of the context, as well as many images.