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Online Resources Database for Ancient Studies

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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.

ORJACH - Online Resource for Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Heritage

Category

East Asian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The Online Resource for Japanese Archaeology and Cultural Heritage (ORJACH) is an English-language interactive tool for teachers and students interested in incorporating the wonders of early Japan in teaching and learning across a range of subjects including history, geography, environment, cuisine and religious studies.

Vedute di Roma

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English, Finnish

This website contains photographs of known ancient monuments in the city of Rome, including occasional early modern drawings.

The Homer Multitext Project

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

The Homer Multitext Project (HMT) has digitzed several manuscripts of Homer's epic poems in order for users to acquire a better sense of the fluid orality of the poems' original composition(s). There are downloadable datasets, blog posts by scholars on the fruits of the digital project, and high quality images of the ancient and medieval manuscripts

Online Medieval Sources Bibliography

Category

Late Antique and Medieval Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This database provides a searchable bibliography of historical texts from Medieval Period (private letters, wills, literary works, philosophical treatises, chronicles, court proceedings, church records, etc.), primarily from Europe.

Thesaurus Linguae Gracae (TLG)

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This website contains searchable, full-texts for every known piece of Greek literature from Homer to the Medeival period, including scholia, Church fathers, prose, and poetry. Each word is linked to relavent lexica and concordances. Advanced search capabilities make this an indispensible tool for philologists. More well-known authors have links to online translations. Individual and institutional subscriptions are available. Individuals must obtain a one-year subscription to use.

Verbix Online Conjugation Tool

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Languages

Language

English, Latin

This webtool conjugates all Latin verbs and provides possible translations, sample Latin sentences and passages from the Vulgate, and occasional etymologies.

Athenian Agora Excavations

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website has everything one would want to know about the Athenian Agora related to its excavations, history, and the site itself. There are digitized archival documents from the excavations, information on all monuments and buildings, high-quality color images of materials, site maps, and a list of publications related to the excavations

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website contains over 10,000 digitized images of ancient Greek painted pottery found in museums in 30 countries as printed in the 400+ columes of the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum project.

Diotíma

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This website is "a resource for information on women, gender, sex, sexualities, race, ethnicity, class, status, masculinity, enslavement, disability, and the intersections among them in the ancient Mediterranean world." There are free online translations of relevant ancient Greek, Latin, Coptic, and Egyptian texts, useful bibliographies for research, lesson plans and syllabi for teachers, essays and reviews by contributors, and a collection of images and artwork.

Open Greek and Latin

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

This open-source website contains Greek and Latin texts (with links to occassional online translations) from the Archaic Period to the Byzantine era, as well as links to partner websites to further connect users to online resources for studying Greek and Latin. The texts are searchable and contain morphological tools, vocabulary list, a variety of viewing options, and downloadble files.

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