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Please consult all possible subject categories as there is much overlap. For example, there are many sites with valuable information about the Romans in addition to the those listed under the subject heading "Rome".


Last Updated: April 15, 2008
This page is maintained by Gerald Burke.

Academic and Professional Associations

Web sites of associations often provide links to useful Internet sites.
American Classical League

Provides information about the organization and its activities as well as useful links to other relevant Web sites related to classical art and archaeology, journals, reference materials, and more.

Archaeological Institute of America (AIA)

Web site of the AIA. Includes links to other sites, information on publications, access to journal articles in full text, and more.

Scholarly Societies Project

(University of Waterloo Library, Ontario, Canada) Provides access to Web pages of academic associations such as The Archaeological Institute of America or The American Philological Association. Arranged hierarchically by broad subject fields, then by specific subjects. For archaeology, click first on Social Sciences. For Classical Studies, Fine Arts, Architecture, or History, click first on Arts & Humanities.

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Ancient Civilizations

Sites that provide resources on the history and culture of Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, and more.
Academic Info

(Mike Madin, Compiler) A rich site that provides links to many types of resources on ancient cultures. Keyword searching and an A-Z subject index facilitate searching.

Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology

(Sebastian Heath, University of Michigan) Offers an extensive collection of Internet resources. Search by subject category or keyword. Not current; last modified October 1996.

The Classics Pages

(Andrew Wilson) "News, information, games, and controversy about the life, literature, art, and archaeology of the ancient world of Greece & Rome."

Classics Technology Center

(AbleMedia) A large collection of educational materials in Classics. Designed by Classics teachers for teachers, it provides access to a wide variety of interesting electronic educational tools in Egyptian, Greek, and Roman studies.

Diotima; Materials for the Study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World

(Ross Scaife, Stoa Consortium) Collection of links to various types of materials including bibliography, anthology, essays, biblical studies, and images. Provides a choice of subject category or keyword searching. Also includes De Feminis Romanis (DFR) Latin Readings on Roman Women, and a listserv, Anahita-l.

Encyclopedia of World History, 6th edition. (Peter N. Stearns, Editor)

Chronological arrangement. Covers ancient and classical periods. Includes maps, genealogical tables, chronology of Roman emperors, and more.

Exploring Ancient World Cultures (EAWC); Index of Internet Resources

(Anthony F. Beavers, University of Evansville) Tracks a variety of resources that are relevant to ancient and medieval times. Divided into five sub-indices: chronology, essay index, image index, internet site index, and primary text index. Each of these is further divided into sections, one for each of the cultures represented: the Near East, India, Egypt, China, Greece, Rome, Early Islam, and Medieval Europe. Offers the option of keyword searching of the Argos database.

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

(Paul Halsall, Fordham University) An enormous resource for locating full texts and Web sites of primary and secondary sources in a wide variety of fields including: Human Origins, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Hellenistic World, Rome, Late Antiquity, and Christian Origins. An opening section, Studying History, presents an overview. Also includes a useful search page to guide users in searching the Internet for historical material. For materials added since July 1998, click on "Additions."

Nestor; Bibliography of Aegean Prehistory and Related Areas

(John Wallrodt, University of Cincinatti; Carol Hershenson, Ed.) Searchable database with references to articles and books on the Aegean, including Greece, Albania, the southern coast of Bulgaria, the western and southern coasts of Turkey, and Cyprus. Includes the online version of the International Directory of Aegean Prehistorians (IDAP) as well as links to Web sites with information of interest to Aegean prehistorians.

The Perseus Digital Library

(Gregory Crane, Editor-in-Chief, Tufts University) Primary and secondary sources on Greek and Latin, Classics, Archaeology, and Papyri. Keyword searching and a guide to the contents facilitate access to broad or specific subjects. Includes Platner and Ashby's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, texts by classical authors, and more.

War and Peace in Classical Antiquity

(Rob S. Rice, University of Pennsylvania) An unannotated bibliography of books and articles compiled in 1996.

World History Compass

(Robert Shiller) Select a topic (e.g., Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) from the main index or conduct a keyword search.

WWW-VL History Central Catalogue

(Serge Noiret, & Inaki Lopez Martin, European University Institute, Florence, Italy) A vast site offering many topics. Linked sites are grouped under four headings: 1. Research: Methods and Materials, 2. History by Topics, 3. History by Countries and Regions, 4. History by Eras and Epochs. Keyword searching is also offered.

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Archaeology

Archaeology

(K. Kris Hirst, About.com) Select a subject: Ancient Civ, Art & Artifacts, Current Digs, for example, or conduct a keyword search on a specific topic such as "Cyprus," "Egypt," or "Rome."

Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh

(University of Edinburgh, UK) Click on "LINKS" for access to various related Web sites.

Archaeology Web Sites

(Lianne Flax and Heather Allen, Emporia [Kansas] State University) A large collection of links to Web sites. Offers access to general sites, specialized sites for geographical areas such as Mediterranean/Middle East or Africa, dictionaries, societies, associations, fieldwork, a directory of archaeologists, humor and hoaxes, and more. Also includes a list of more than 50 archaeology journals with clickable Web addresses provided; click on "Archaeology Journals" link the bottom of the home page to display the titles.

ArchNet - WWW Virtual Library - Archaeology

(Destiny Crider, Archaeological Research Institute, Arizona State University) An extensive Web site dedicated to the many and various aspects of archaeology. Provides links to subject areas, academic departments, museums, journals, and more. Offers keyword searching.

A Guide to Underwater Archaeology Resources on the Internet

Rubrics offered include: Institutes and Departments of Underwater Archaeology, Museums and Sites, Maritime History and Sailing, Underwater Archaeology Online, SCUBA, and Tools for Underwater Archaeologists. Also offers keyword searching.

Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)

Includes a Virtual Museum of Nautical Archaeology, the INA Video Library, descriptions of INA Field Projects, links to related Web sites, and more.

Portals to the Past

(Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles) Designed as a teaching tool. Offers various resources including a glossary and links to useful Web sites.

The Semitic Museum at Harvard University

Features virtual visits to the museum's collections of archaeological materials from the Ancient Near East, such as the Cesnola Collection from Ancient Cyprus.

Southeast Archaeological Center

(John H. Jameson, Jr., National Park Service) Interesting links to glossaries, bibliographies, and Web pages.

The WWWorld of Archaeology

(Archaeological Institute of America) Offers a selective list of Internet resources. Topical categories include Classical Archaeology, Africa/Egypt, Near and Middle East, and Europe.

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Cyprus

Ancient Cyprus Web Project

(Council for British Research in the Levant, Freya Horsfield, Coordinator) Use the site map for simplified navigation. Provides bibliographies, sources of funding, centers of study, lists of collections and access arrangements, scholar and project contact details, bulletins on excavations and projects, and excavation reports.

Columbia University - Area Studies: Middle East & Jewish Studies

(Frank Unlandherm, Middle East Studies Librarian) Section on Cyprus provides links to sources of information on contemporary Cyprus.

Cyprus - A Country Study

(U.S. Library of Congress, Area Handbook Series) Principal focus is on contemporary Cyprus, but Chapter 1 covers historical material as well.

Cyprus American Archeological Research Institute

(Nicosia, Cyprus) Describes the programs, collections, and educational opportuities offered by the Institute.

Forgotten Cyprus

(Ray Berry, Imprint Publishing, Inverness, Scotland, UK) Includes music and photographs. Focuses on the narrow gauge railway line of the Cyprus Government Railway, closed at the end of December 1951. It was roughly in the same place as the 'Green Line' that divides the island today into Turkish (northern) and Greek (southern) Cyprus. It ran from the port at Famagusta, through Nicosia almost to the port of Morphou. It carried freight, water, and passengers.

Google Web Directory - Cyprus

Features links to Web sites describing archaeological excavations in Cyprus and more.

A History of Cyprus

(Institute of Cypriot Studies) Includes: Introduction, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bibliography, and Links.

Kypros-Net; The World of Cyprus

(Andreas Theodosiades) Offers searching by subject categories and keywords. Provides access Eureka! The Indexer of Cyprus. Includes bibliographies of works about Cyprus, links to interesting Web sites, dictionaries, currency exchange rates, and more.

Nicosia Municipality Map

For a detailed map of the municipality, click on "Map." Position the delineator on the area of the city to be displayed and click.

Styppax - An Academic Resource for the Study of Cypriote Sculpture

(Derek B. Counts, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Includes four parts: Bibliography, Discourse, Maps, and Images and Links of Interest.

Your Cyprus.com & Yes.com.cy

Includes links to many kinds of resources, including information about cities, archaeological sites, museums, maps, and more .

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Diverse Subject Collections

Sites that provide diversity of both subject and type of material, e.g. primary and secondary sources.
Alcove 9: An Annotated list of Reference Web sites: Classical and Medieval History

(United States Library of Congress) Links to various Internet resources arranged in alphabetical order.

Digital Librarian: Classics and Ancient World

(Margaret Vail Anderson, Cortland, N.Y.) Alphabetical list of links to electronic texts, periodicals, and other resources.

Electronic Resources for Classicists: The Second Generation

(Maria C. Pantelia, University of California, Irvine) Large collection of Internet resources. A table of contents and annotations help to guide the user.

Humbul Humanities Hub

(University of Oxford, UK) Perform a keyword search or select from Humbul's catalogue of resources by subject. Subjects offered include archaeology, history, classics, philosophy, and more.

Virgil.org; Classics Web Sites

(David Wilson-Okamura) Provides links to a selective list of resources as well as information on the lives and works of Virgil, Caesar, and others. Offers access to Latin language bibliographies, maps, and more.

Voice of the Shuttle: Web Site for Humanities Research

(Alan Liu, English Department, University of California, Santa Barbara) An extensive site providing links to Web resources in Classical Studies. Perform a keyword search or click on a subject such as: Archaeology, Art History, or Classical Studies from the Contents list.

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Egypt

Egypt; Internet Resources

Search subject categories such as: Egyptian History, Egyptian Archaeology, and Egyptian Art.

Nova Online/ Pyramids - The Inside Story

(Public Broadcasting System) Click on "Table of Contents" for links to information about individual pyramids, excavations, and more.

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Electronic Texts - Books and Manuscripts

The Avalon Project at Yale Law School; Ancient, Medieval and Renaissance Documents

(Yale University Law School) Provides access to full texts of legal documents of various eras. There are a few ancient documents, and a wealth of Medieval and Renaissance sources.

The Internet Classics Archive

(Daniel C. Stevenson, MIT) Includes 441 works of classical literature in English translation by 59 different authors.

The Latin Library

(Ad Fontes Academy, VA) Offers texts by Roman authors. Click on the name of a major author or category displayed in the grid or use the drop down menu in the center of the page to search additional authors' names.

The Online Medieval and Classical Library

(Douglas B. Killings, University of California-Berkeley) A sizable list of works mostly from the Medieval era, but also includes some classical authors such as Appolonius of Rhodes, Hesiod, Homer, Lucan, and Quintus Smyrnaeus. All works found here are in English translation.

The Ovid Collection

(University of Virginia) Includes a variety of resources about the Metamorphoses. Provides a choice of Latin or a translated version of the text. In adddition to the Latin and translated texts, users may follow the link below to browse page images of a 1563 illustrated verse commentary on the Metamorphoses.

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Electronic Texts - Journals

Anistoriton Journal

(Anistoriton History Library (AHL) organizing committee, Athens, Greece) Covers History, Archaeology, and Art History. Search by Keyword or browse tables of contents. (Issues available: Vol. 1, 1997+)

Archaeology Magazine

(Archaeological Institute of America) Search all articles using the keyword search function. Search or browse the online archive, which includes articles from the exclusive online section only. Index to Archaeology covers 1991-present. (Issues available: March/April 1996 +)

Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Publishes timely reviews of current scholarly work in the field of classical studies (including archaeology)." (Issues available: 1990+)

Electronic Antiquity: Communicating the Classics

(Virginia Tech University) An electronic journal for classical studies and archaeology of the ancient world. (Issues available: Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1993 - Vol. 7, No. 1, Jul. 2004)

Internet Archaeology

(Council for British Archaeology) Claims to be the first fully refereed e-journal for archaeology. (Issues available: 1996+)

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Greece

Internet Resources: Ancient Greece

(Richard Hooker and Richard Hines) Provides links to Web sites on a wide variety of topics such as history, archaeology, religion, science, mathematics, art, music, philosophy, literature, and more. Also includes links to primary texts from the works of important writers of ancient Greece.

The Ancient City of Athens

(Kevin Glowacki) A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens accompanied by narrative material, bibliographic references, and links to recommended Web sites.

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Image Files

Additional image files can be found by using search engines and Internet subject directories, such as Google and Yahoo. Click on "Images" and enter place names such as, "Cyprus," "Greece," or "Rome" with words such as "art," "architecture," "antiquities," or "ancient."
Art Collections

(Diotima) Provides links to Web sites offering image collections.

Europe Image Library - OSSHEE Historic & Cultural Atlas Resource

(John Nicols, University of Oregon) Pictures are grouped in categories named urban, economy, water, religion, landscape, and miscellaneous.

The Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

(University of Michigan) Click on "Galleries" for pictures from past and present exhibitions, and samples from the museum collections including the Greek & Roman Gallery, the Egyptian & Near Eastern Gallery, and coins not currently on display.

Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome

(Leo C. Curran, Buffalo, NY. Supported by grants from the Classical Association of the Empire State and the Classical Association of the Atlantic States) Thousands of photographs of places and monuments in Greece, Italy, and France. Search by keyword or browse the various categories presented.

The Virtual Egyptian Museum

(California Institute of World Archaeology, Georges Ricard, Ph.D., Curator) Cybertour with images, commentaries, and bibliographies.

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Maps and Atlases

Additional sources of maps include search engines and Internet subject directories, such as Google and Yahoo. Click on "Images" and enter search terms, such as, "Cyprus maps," "Greece maps," or "Rome maps."
Ancient Map Web List

(J.Siebold) Access to image files of maps from 6200 B.C. to 565 A.D.

Ancient World Mapping Center

(Davis Library, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC) In addition to its own online map room, the site provides links to free online maps, gazetteers, placenames, and geographic information systems.

Atlas historique périodique/European Historical Atlas.

(Christos Nüssli, EURATLAS.COM, Yverdon, Switzerland) Source of maps of Europe from 1 A.D. to 2000 A.D.. Includes a collection of maps of Roman battles, a cartographical bibliography, city maps of Rome and Constantinople, topographical maps of selected portions of the ancient world, selected maps of the Interactive Ancient Mediterranean Project, maps of the Roman empire, and more. Versions available in French and English.

Cartographic Images Home Page

Includes ancient maps, medieval maps, and renaissance maps, as well as links to a large collection of cartographic Web sites.

Historical Map Web Sites

(Perry Castaneda Historical Map Collection, University of Texas) A large selection of Web sites of historical maps; arranged in geographical categories.

Historical Maps on the Web

(University of Michigan Map Library) Provides links to Web sites providing maps of the World, the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Pacific.

OSSHE Historical and Cultural Atlas Resource; Europe Map Archive

(University of Oregon) Makes available maps of natural resources and trade, political change and structure, cities, empires, sanctuaries, and more. The Map archive covers the Mediterranean region, the Ancient Near East, Classical Greece, the Hellenistic world, the Roman Republic, the Principate and Empire, and Late Antiquity & Early Medieval.

Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection

(University of Texas Libraries, Austin) Source of maps of Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, and more.

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Mythology

Bulfinch's Mythology

(Bob Fisher, webmaster@showgate.com) Provides full text of Thomas Bulfinch's 1855 classic in which he outlines the myths of ancient civilizations, primarily those of Greece and Rome. The text is searchable. There are many links providing access to a wealth of images and secondary texts.

The Encyclopedia Mythica

(M.F. Lindemans) Browse Internet resources on mythology, heroic legend, genealogy tables, and a very interesting "Image Gallery." Also includes links to additional mythology Web sites.

Glossary of Greek and Roman Mythology

(Artcyclopedia) A - Z arrangement of names. Click on name for signed article from the Encyclopedia Mythica. Some entries include access to image files.

Greek Mythology

(J. M. Hunt) Topics include: Greek vs. Roman Mythology, The Gods, Heroes, Creatures, Stories, and Family Trees. Provides links to other Internet sources.

Greek Mythology from The Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant

Provides information about the origins of Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythological names, and the "Immortals." Includes links to related Web sites (covering art, maps, and coins) and a search engine to search this site.

Mythography: Exploring Greek, Roman, and Celtic Mythology and Art!

(Webmaster at Mythography) Search by keyword or select a topic, e.g. Greek mythology, for access to information about art, gods, heroes, and more. Provides lexicons, a message forum, links to related Web sites, and short bibliographies of relevant books.

Who's Who in Classical Mythology

(XREFERPLUS) For biographical linformation about classical mythological characters, perform a keyword search or use the alphabetical index.

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Rome

De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

(Richard D. Weigel, Salve Regina University) The encyclopedia consists of (1) an index of all the emperors who ruled during the empire's 1500 years, (2) biographical essays on the individual emperors, (3) family trees ("stemmata") of important imperial dynasties, (4) an index of significant battles in the empire's history, (5) capsule descriptions and maps of these battles, and (6) maps of the empire at different times. Wherever possible, these materials are cross-referenced by live links. These contents are supplemented by an ancient and medieval atlas, a link to a virtual catalog of Roman coins, and links to other related sites.

FLTeach; Foreign Language Teaching Forum

(Jean W. LeLoup and Robert Ponterio, State University of New York College at Cortland) Select "Latin" for access to useful Internet resources for teaching Latin.

Lacus Curtius: Into the Roman World

(Bill Thayer) Interesting site with links to various resources including the texts of complete Latin works from Pliny the Elder, Frontinus, Vitruvius, Quintus Curtius, Macrobius, Censorinus, and Cassius Dio; William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities; Samuel Ball Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (as revised by Thomas Ashby in 1929); Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Lanciani; a list of Web sites on the history, art, and literature of ancient Rome; and more.

Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid

(Kevin Cawley, University of Notre Dame Archives) Defines about 15,600 words.

Roman Internet Resources

(Richard Hooker and Richard Hines) Topics include history, philosophy, art, literature, and others. Includes full texts of writings by ancient Roman historians and literary figures, such as Catullus, Ovid, and Cicero.

Rome Project

(Neil Goldberg, The Dalton School) Reputed to be the largest catalogue of Web resources on Roman history and culture. Sites are divided into categories such as: literature, military, archaeology, political, general, philosophy, drama, religion, maps of the Roman Empire, and search engines.

William Whitaker's Words

(William Whitaker, McLean, VA) Dictionary of some 30,000 Latin words.

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