Ancient World Web

• ABZU - A guide to internet resources for the study of the ancient near east, managed by the staff of the research archives of the Oriental Institute in Chicago.
• Ancient World Web - A useful place to start.
• Arachnion - A journal of ancient literature and history on the web.
• Atlas of Ancient Landscapes - Physical landscapes of the Greek world, an archaeological gazetteer, a lexicon of ancient geography, and further internet resources - don't miss this one!
• DIOTIMA - Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world. Links to courses, bibliography, visual images, essays, and biblical studies.
• Electronic Resources for Classicists - Maintained at the University of New Hampshire.
• Kentucky Classics - Classics resources for the student and teacher, maintainted at the University of Kentucky, Lexington.
• Perseus Project - A marvelously diverse searchable database with maps, art and archaeology, Loeb Greek/English texts, Greek Lexica, secondary sources, and more!
• Search Argos - A searchable list of online links out of Evansville.
• Warwick Classics and Ancient History Links
• Women in the Ancient Near East - A select bibliography of recent sources in the Oriental Institute Research Archives, compiled by Terry G. Wilfong.

Archaeology

• ArchNet - A good starting place, managed at the University of Connecticut.
• ASOR Digs - Find out about summer dig opportunities in Syria, Jordan, Israel, Cypress, and Tunisia.
• Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology - Located at the University of Memphis (Tennessee), this site provides access to the institute's own exhibit of artifacts, plus a color tour of Egypt and other Egypt sites on the web.
• Internet Archaeology - A consortium consisting of the British Academy, the Council for British Archaeology, and the Universities of Durham, Glasgow, Oxford, Southampton, and York.
• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Archaeological Excavations Provides information about current digs as well as online access to those digs that have web sites.
• Musee du Louvre - The Museum's vast collection of artifacts from the ancient world is not yet completely on-line (see Art below for some regional departments), but here's hoping it will be soon! In the meantime, enjoy their paintings and a virtual tour of Paris.
• Oriental Institute - The little image on this home page will (em)balm you away!
• Oriental Institute Virtual Museum - The museum may be closed for renovations, but you can still take a virtual tour of the galleries.
• Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology - housing treasures of prehistoric and historic cultures from all over the world.
• Perseus Project Art & Archaeology - A searchable database of architectural images, site plans, coins, and vases.
• Pompeii Forum Project - A collaborative venture that seeks to study the standing remains, archaeological remnants, and urban character of the site.
• Pyramids: The Inside Story - Take a virtual tour of the current Giza excavation with NOVA.
• Roman Art & Archaeology - The home page of ROMARCH, a rich resource for all things Roman.
• University of Michigan Classics & Archaeology Server - A good list of links and a search engine.

Art (some museums are listed in the regional sections below)

• ArtServe - Art and architecture mainly from the Mediterranean basin, maintained by the Department of Art History at the Australian National University.
• Etruscan Art - A select bibliography.
• Hellenic Ministry of Culture - A contemporary route to ancient things.
• Musee du Louvre
• Department of Egyptian Antiquities
• Department of Oriental Antiquities
• Department of Freek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
• Mythology in Western Art - An archive of artistic representations of mythological characters grouped by character, maintained at the University of Haifa.
• The Ovid Project - The University of Vermont's rare book department contains an extensive collection of illustrated works of Ovid. While this online resource focuses on two collections of engravings from the 17th century, the connection to Ovid makes for fun browsing here in the antiquity section of our list.
• Perseus Project Art & Archaeology - A searchable database of architectural images, site plans, coins, and vases.
• Roman Art & Archaeology - The home page of ROMARCH, a rich resource for all things Roman.
• Snite Museum of Art: Alsdorf Gallery of Ancient and Medieval Art - Snapshots of several pieces in the collection.

Texts, Languages & Writing Materials

General

• Books and Libraries in Antiquity - From a 1996 exhibition at the University Library of Leuven.
• Hanover Texts and Documents: Europe
• Interpreting Ancient Manuscripts - A site maintained at Brown University with sections on paleography, manuscript transmission, textual criticism, a glossary and index, a table of Greek MSS, and an exercise in textual criticism.
• Oriental Institute Philology Page

Egypt

• The Book of the Dead

Israel (see also Evangelist-Bible)

• Near Eastern Collections in the UC Berkeley Libraries - Islamica and Judaica/Hebraica.

Greece

• Perseus Project - A marvelously diverse searchable database with maps, art and archaeology, Loeb Greek/English texts, Greek Lexica, secondary sources, and more!
• Thesaurus Linguae Graecae - More a reference about the CD ROM than a useable tool...
• Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon - A searchable database offered as part of the Perseus Project.
• Library of Congress Resources for Greek and Latin Classics
• Project Libellus - A library of classical texts at the University of Washington, including Apuleius, Ausonius, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, Prudentius, Sallust, Tibullus, and Vergil (gopher site).
• The Tech Classics Archive - Sorry, you CJA folks - these Greek texts and Vergil's Aeneid are English only - but you can download them, if that's a consolation!
• University of Michigan Classics and Archaeology Server - A good list of links and a search engine.
• Hellenistic Greek Linguistics Pages - A guide to resources in this language, online and soon-to-be online.

Mesopotamia/Babylon/Assyria

• Akkadian Language Page - Introduction to the script, grammar, and nature of the Akkadian language, with sample cuneiform tablets.
• Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project
• The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project - A resource maintained at the University of Helsinki.
• Cuneiform Writing System - Chapter 4 of John Heise's "Akkadian Language Page" above.

Rome

• Project Libellus - A library of classical texts at the University of Washington, including Apuleius, Ausonius, Caesar, Catullus, Cicero, Horace, Livy, Ovid, Propertius, prudentius, Sallust, Tibullus, and Vergil (gopher site).

Writing Materials

• Duke Papyrus Archive
• Papyrology Home Page - Maintained by John Muccigrosso at the University of Michigan.
• Papyrus Collections on the Web
• University of Michigan Papyrus Collection - Includes and introduction, snapshots of daily life, an interactive tour, and a list of papyrological tools, as well as news of exhibits and events.

Mythology & Religion

• The Ancient Greek World: Religion and Death - Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
• Bulfinch's Mythology - The full text online.
• Eleusinian Mysteries - Information compiled as part of the Ecole Initiative.
• Etruscan Religion - A select bibliography.
• Greek Mythology - A comparison of Greek and Roman systems, plus lists of gods, heroes, creatures, and stories and other web links.
• Mithraic Mysteries - A summary of David Ulansey's book, The Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries: Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World, rev. ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991).
• Mythology in Western Art - An archive of artistic representations of mythological characters grouped by character, maintained at the University of Haifa.
• Princeton Mythology Course - A guide to Gods, early beings, monsters and heroes.
• Les religions de la Grece - Bibliography, source book and studies.
• Sumerian Mythology FAQ - A copy of a list dished up monthly to members of the alt.mythology newsgroup.
• Zoroastrianism FAQ - A quick description and links to other sites.

Asia Minor

• ASOR Digs - Find out about summer dig opportunities in Syria, Jordan, Israel, Cypress, and Tunisia.
• Classical Asia Minor - A collection of photographs of classical architecture and sculpture from classical Turkey, developed by M. Greenhalgh at the Australian National University Department of Art History.
• Greek and Roman Cities of Western Turkey - A book on the web with a searchable database of images and a text search engine as well.
• Roman Asia Minor - An index to internet resources; part of Romarch.

 

 

• Antalya - The Turkish Riviera, a region encompassing ancient Pergamon, Pamphylia, and Cappadocia.
• Turkey Home Page

Egypt/North Africa

• Alexandria - There are many sites about Alexandria; this one should guide you to them.
• Ancient Egypt (Evansville) - Part of the series, "Exploring Ancient World Cultures," maintained by A. F. Beavers at the University of Evansville.
• ASOR Digs - Find out about summer dig opportunities in Syria, Jordan, Israel, Cypress, and Tunisia.
• Centre for the Computer-aided study of Egyptological Research (CCER) Home Page, Utrecht.
• Egyptian Museum, Cairo
• Egyptology and History - From the Egypt WWW Index.
• Egyptology Resources on the Web - Nigel Strudwick's Egyptology page provides all the essential links.
• The Gregorian Egyptian Museum - Part of the Vatican collection.
• Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford - Site provides access to Institute and Museum collections, archives, and bibliogrpahy.
• Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology - Located at the University of Memphis (Tennessee), this site provides access to the institute's own exhibit of artifacts, plus a color tour of Egypt and other Egypt sites on the web.
• The Kelsey Museum On-Line - Ancient Nubia, Egypt, Rome, Armenia, Byzantium.
• Musee du Louvre Department of Egyptian Antiquities
• Oriental Institute Museum Egyptian Gallery
• Pharaoh's Heart - Egyptology Page - Another good place to begin.
• Pyramids: The Inside Story - Take a virtual tour of the current Giza excavation with NOVA.
• Roman Egypt - An index of internet resources; part of Romarch.
• Roman Africa - An index of internet resources; part of Romarch.
• Splendors of Ancient Egypt - Pieces from Wilhelm Pelizaeus' Egyptian antiquities collection, presented by the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Includes a RealAudio tour.

 

 

• Egypt Home Page (unofficial)
• Egypt WWW Index

Greece

• Ancient Greece (Evansville) - Part of the series, "Exploring Ancient World Cultures," maintained by A. F. Beavers at the University of Evansville.
• The Ancient Greek World - Maintained by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
• Ancient City of Athens - A photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens.
• Hellenic Ministry of Culture - A contemporary route to ancient things.
• Musee du Louvre Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
• Perseus Project - A marvelously diverse searchable database with maps, art and archaeology, Loeb Greek/English texts, Greek Lexica, secondary sources, and more!
• Roman Greece - An index to internet resources; part of Romarch.

 

 

• Greece Home Page

Mesopotamia/Babylon/Assyria

• Oriental Institute Museum Mesopotamian Gallery
• Oriental Institute Museum Assyrian Gallery
• Musee du Louvre Department of Oriental Antiquities

Near East

• Ancient Near East (Evansville) - Part of the series, "Exploring Ancient World Cultures," maintained by A. F. Beavers at the University of Evansville.
• ASOR Digs - Find out about summer dig opportunities in Syria, Jordan, Israel, Cypress, and Tunisia.
• Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Archaeological Excavations Provides information about current digs as well as online access to those digs that have web sites.

 

 

• Ancient Jerusalem Mosaic - Maintained at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Virtual Tour of Jerusalem - A contemporary tour, but with a lot of ancient sites
• The Later Seleucids - Brief biographical notes on these kings, including Antiochus IV Epiphanes (or Epimanes, as the author of Daniel might have known him!)
• Material Culture of the Ancient Canaanites, Israelites and Related Peoples - An information database from excavations developed for an intro to Biblical archaeology class at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO)
• Roman Near East - An index of internet resources on Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Judea, and Arabia; part of Romarch.
• Petra, Jordan: Brown University's Excavations of the Southern Temple
• Petra: The Drama of History - A touristic photographic essay off the main page for the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

 

 

• Al Mashriq - Ancient and modern information about the Levant, with an emphasis on Lebanon.
• Israel Home Page
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Home Page
• Lebanon Home Page (unofficial)
• Lebanon Web Sites
• Syria Home Page
• Syria Web Sites

Rome

• Ancient Rome - A photographic guide to the city's buildings and monuments.
• Christian Catacombs of Rome - History of the Roman catacombs, discussion of their importance, notes on Christian symbols from the period, a map and more. The site is presented in a number of languages, including Italian, French, German and Polish.
• Etruscan Network - An index to Etruscan resources on the web.
• Musee du Louvre Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities
• Roman Art & Archaeology - The home page of ROMARCH, a rich resource for all things Roman.
• Roman Empire (Evansville) - Part of the series, "Exploring Ancient World Cultures," maintained by A. F. Beavers at the University of Evansville.
• Roman Italy - A BIG index of internet resources; part of Romarch.

 

 

• Italy Home Page

Institutes & Libraries

• Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO)
• The Oriental Institute - University of Chicago

Professional Societies

• American Academy of Religion (AAR)
• American Classical League (ACL)
• Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
• American Philological Association (APA)
• American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)
• American Society of Papyrologists (ASP)
• Catholic Biblical Association (CBA)
• Jewish Bible Association, Jerusalem

Journals

• UVA List of Journals of Interest to Classicists
• Arachnion - A journal of ancient literature and history on the web.
• Archaeology - The official publication of the Archaeological Institute of America.
• Biblical Archaeologist - A publication of the American Schools of Oriental Research.
• Bryn Mawr Classical Review - A review of current publications in the field of classical studies.
• Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (BASOR)
• Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists - Includes guidelines for submissions, a cumulative index, a list of books received for review, and abstracts of forthcoming articles.
• Cromohs: Cyber Review of Modern Historiography - Out of Italy.
• Ioudaios Review - A review of articles submitted to the Second Temple Judaism listserver.
• Jewish Bible Quarterly - Includes an index of articles.
• Jewish Studies Judaica Electronic Journal - A monthly electronic journal devoted to on-going research and current events in academic Jewish studies.
• Journal of Cuneiform Studies
• Journal of Field Archaeology - Managed at Boston University.
• Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - An academic, refereed electronic journal devoted to the critical study of the Hebrew scriptures.
• Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages - Managed at the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Journal of Roman Archaeology
• Journal of the Assyrian Academic Society
• Kernos - An international and multi-disciplinary review of ancient Greek religion, managed at the Universite de Liege (French).
• KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt - The BAR of Egyptology; a quarterly publication.
• Levant - A refereed annual published by the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and the British Institute at Amman for Archaeology and History.
• Liber Annuus - Abstracts published by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum in Jerusalem.
• Middle East Studies Association Bulletin - Select articles from the bi-annual publication of the same name.
• Newsletter for Anatolian Studies - Bibliographic publication covering linguistic, historical, archaeological, and philological research into pre-hellenistic Anatolia.
• Newsletter for Targumic and Cognate Studies - Bibliographic publication covering Jewish translations of the Hebrew Bible into Aramaic, and related areas.
• Pirradazish: Bulletin of Achaemenian Studies - An ftp site out of the University of Chicago.
• Storia della Storiographia/Journal of Historiography

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