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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.

Art and Life in Africa

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

Website from the University of Iowa with various detailed webpages about African art categorized by region, with further information about the history and culture of these artistic contexts. Contains maps, images, articles, and sponsored by a university with links to the university museum. NB: the original website is no longer updated but is still accessible in an archived version linked at the bottom.

Smithsonian National Museum of African Art

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

The website of the Smithsonian Museum of African Art with information on past, current, and upcoming exhibits, access to hundreds objects in their collections (including some 3D models) from the 15th century onward, and information on their research libraries and digitized photo archive.

Great Zimbabwe Ruins

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website provides information about the Great Zimbabwe ruins, which contains descriptions of the history of the site, its contemporary function and modern status as archaeological heritage site in relation to imperialism, gallery, and visitor information.

NEMO-Online (Near-Eastern Musicology)

Category

Ancient Music

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

Periodical of Near and Middle-Eastern music research, in the widest sense of the term, under the name of NEMO-Online (Near-Eastern Musicology Online). The website has a very comprehansive Bibliograph and many articles. Musical Scales, Acoustics, Temperament and Tuning,

Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae

Category

Ancient Greek & Roman Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This website is cataloging representations of mythology in the plastic arts of classical antiquity.

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.

Yale University Art Gallery

Category

Ancient African and Egyptian Studies

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

Access to view the collections of the Yale Art Museum online, including African, Asia, European, Indo-Pacific, Roman, Greek, and Mesopotamian art, including coins collections. There is also information about the collections in their contemporary context, including links to related scholarly articles, essays by the department curators, video content, and search collection tool.

Augustine's Confessions

Category

Ancient Philosophy

Type

Ancient Texts

Language

English

An English translation of St. Augustine's Confessions by Edward B Pusey.

The Gnostic Society Library

Category

Ancient Philosophy

Type

Study Aids

Language

English

This site contains special collections of resources for the Nag Hammadi scriptures, the Gospel of Thomas, and The Secret Book (Apocryphon) of John. THere are also selections of secondary sources on the Gnostic tradition.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Category

Art History

Type

Research Materials

Language

English

This is an interactive timeline of art history which contains images of objects, essays on topics from global prehistory, antiquity and middle ages, and chronologies, telling the history of art through the diverse collection of the Met which has many objects of historic significance from all contients - useful for archaeology and ancient art history, also includes essays and videos as study aids

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