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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.
LacusCurtius
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Ancient Texts
Language
English, Italian

Archive of public domain translations of Greek and Roman texts. Since these are older translations, the user is advised to look for more recent critical editions. While it includes some secondary sources, they are dated and not adequate substitutes for other academic sources.
American Numismatic Society
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

The American Numismatic Society maintains one of the great numismatic collections in the world. Since its founding in 1858, the Society has received through donation and purchase over 800,000 objects dating from the 7th century BCE to today. There are numerous online resources and collections including: Republican and Imperial Roman coins, Hellenistic Greek (Argead, Antigonid, Seleucid, Ptolemaic) coins, dies, hoards, and the Egyptian National Library Collection.
Papyri.info
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

From the website: "Papyri.nfo has two primary components. The Papyrological Navigator (PN) supports searching, browsing, and aggregation of ancient papyrological documents and related materials; the Papyrological Editor (PE) enables multi-author, version controlled, peer reviewed scholarly curation of papyrological texts, translations, commentary, scholarly metadata, institutional catalog records, bibliography, and images. Papyri.info aggregates material from the Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS), Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri (DDbDP), Heidelberger Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Ägyptens (HGV), Bibliographie Papyrologique (BP), and depends on close collaboration with Trismegistos, for rigorous maintenance of relationship mapping and unique identifiers. Work is in progress to incorporate content from the Arabic Papyrological Database (APD) as well."
Collections & Connectors in Religion & Theology | Atla
Category
Ancient Religion
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

Atla is a membership association of librarians and information professionals, and a producer of research tools, committed to advancing the study of religion and theology. Atla provides access to research materials and educational materials.
The Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN)
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

Searchable database of ancient Greek personal names. Includes information about naming practices as well. Information gathered from personal tombstones, dedications, works of art, civic decrees, treaties, citizen-lists, artefacts, and grafitti.
ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Latin

This interactive map allows users to reconstruct both the cost and times of how ancient Romans travelled throughout the Mediterranean. It allows users to calculate the cost and time travel based on mode of transportation, time of year, and mode of transport.
The Torah
Category
Ancient Religion
Type
Research Materials
Language
English

This online publication seeks to make academic biblical scholarship accessible to the public. There are essays on the Torah, themes of Jewish holidays, and contemporary religious discourse in the Jewish community. The section on the Torah is organized by book and subdivided by theme and topic.
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