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.
The Digital Archaeological Record
Category
General Archaeology
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The Digital Archaeological Record (tDAR) is an international digital repository for the digital records of archaeological investigations. tDAR’s use, development, and maintenance are governed by Digital Antiquity, an organization dedicated to ensuring the long-term preservation of irreplaceable archaeological data and to broadening the access to the data.
Inscriptions of Aphrodisias
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
The aim of this online corpus – made possible by the generosity of the AHRC – is to present all the inscriptions found, on the site of Aphrodisias in Caria, or in its civic territory, up to the end of 1994.
KTIV | The International Collection of Digitzed Hebrew Manuscripts
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website provides access to International Collection of Digitized Hebrew Manuscripts that are currently held by the National Library of Israel.
National Palace Museum
Category
East Asian Studies
Type
Museum Tours
Language
English, Chinese (Traditional), Japanese
The National Palace Museum in Waishuanxi, Taiwan, houses thousands of artifacts from Chinese and Taiwanese history. The NPM's artifact collection were inherited from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing courts.
Roman Provincial Coinage
Category
Ancient Greek & Roman Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website aims to produce a standard typology of the provincial coinage of the Roman Empire.The database is based on the ten most important and accessible collections in the world and on all published material.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Category
Late Antique and Medieval Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
This website contains a bibliography and databases of scholarly materials about the Medieval and European Renaissance periods. Some materials may require a university library to access. There are some open access publications as well.
Ets Haim Manuscripts
Category
Biblical Studies
Type
Research Materials
Language
English
Ets Haim is the oldest still functioning Jewish library in the world; This website holds images and descriptions of the 560 Jewish manuscripts (47,000 folios) from Ets Haim’s holdings. The descriptions of the manuscripts are based on earlier printed catalogues but contain a considerable amount of corrections and additions based on consultation of the original manuscripts.
Archive of the Department of Antiquities of Mandatory Palestine (1919 – 1948)
Category
Ancient Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations
Type
Research Materials
Language
English, Hebrew
This website enable the wide public in Israel and across the world accessing this unique data. The digitations of data includes, first and foremost, the physical preservation of the different files of archaeological sites, which include hand and typewritten texts, photographs, maps and plans that appear on a variety of papers, including greaseproof, rice, stencils and others
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