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The Birth of Civilization

Archeology

An understanding of early history begins with an appreciation for the field of archeology. Archeology provides a basis from which to develope a more indepth understanding of all forms of history. Archeology Magazine & A Guide to Classical Archeology offers an overview of the field of archeology while ArchNet WWW will lead you to other sites devoted to archeology. Similar sites include ArchWeb: WWW Server Nederlandse Archeologie, Dutch State Service for Archaeological Investigations, Reports on-line, and Archaeology.

Celtic Civilization

There are, of course, websites devoted to specific areas of research which depend heavily -- if not entirely -- on archeology. Examples of which can be found under Celtic Homepage and Origins of Celtic Art.

Ancient Egypt

Those civilizations which have in one form or another endured through history can trace their origins back to one of four geographical regions: Mesopotamia, the Yellow River, the Indus River, and the Nile River. There are a number of websites devoted to the study of ancient Egypt. While one could begin with a look atEgypt Interactive or Alexandria , there are several more academic sites you might peruse as well, for example,Egyptology, A New Light On Ancient Art, American Archaeological Discovery of Ancient Egypt, Egyptology Resources from the University of Cambridge, and the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.

There are numerous resources on the World Wide Web devoted to newer methods of inquiry into the nature of Egyptian life, including the pyramids, heiroglyphics, and art. For example, 3-D Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Mummy using X-rays have confirmed many of our previous held notions regarding Egyptian burial practices. There are also a number of sites providing contemporary pictures of historical sites in Egypt, including Anciens documents sur l'Igypte, Annual Egyptological Bibliography home page, Archaeological Survey in the Eastern Desert of Egypt, Beinlich's Egyptian Wordlist, Clickable image of the temple of Abu Simbel, Digital Mummies: Ancient Faraos on the Net, Djoser Complex, Duke University Special Collections Library, Early American Travelers and Collections, Edinburgh Ras Shamra Project, Egypt's Eastern Desert (US), Gesamtverzeichnis der griechischen Papyrusurkunden Aegyptens, Giza, Egypt Radar Image from NASA, Giza Plateau Mapping Project, Gold hawk, The Status of Women in Ancient Egypt, Isis, Journal: ZPE: Index of the Journal of Papyrology, Karanis Project WWW Home Page, Les obilisques, Lion inscribed for Pharaoh Nectanebo I, Mask of a mummy, Memphis State University, Mu ltimedia tour of KV5 [Distributed by Time Magazine], Netherlands Institute for the Near East, Newton Institutute Egyptology Homepage, Nubia - "Its glory and its people": 1987 Exhibition, Nubia Exhibits at the Oriental Institute Museum, U. Chicago, Nubian Wallpaintings, On the Internet, Papyrological resources by Gopher, Papyrology Collection -- U. of Michigan, Papyrology, , American Society of Papyrologists, Portals To Eternity: Necropolis at Terenouthis, Restitu tions virtuelles, Restoring Ancient Egyptian artifacts... by computer, Room in the Egyptian Museum (Vatican), Secrets of the Lost Tomb, Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser, Tel el Amarna Collection of M.A. Mansoor, Temple Palace of Rameses III at Medinet Habu 1175 BC, Thoth, god of learning and patron of scribes, Tomb of Niankhkhanum and Khanumhotep, Torso of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, Vanish ed Kingdoms of the Nile: Rediscovery of Nubia, Wadi Natrun (Egypt), and the World Art Treasures: Portraits Romains d'Egypte.

Revolutions in Thought and Religion

ABZU
Ancient Synagogues in the Holy Land - What Synagogues?
Ancient Shikhin and Sepphoris, Israel and Palestine
Baalbek, Jbeil, and SourFour Photos
Baalbek/Heliopolis -- four photos
Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit
Excavations at Ciftlik (Sinop): Turkey
Northeastern Turkey Archaeological Project
Objects from Karanis (Kelsey Museum)
Oriental Institute, UChicago [FTP]
Radar image of Ubar and region
Ancient Near East

The Rise of Greek Civilization

City of Athens: the archaeological and architectural
Cornell Halai East Lokris Project (CHELP)
Greek Architecture
Greek Mythology
Hellenic Civilization Database
Journal: Didaskalia: Ancient Theatre Today
Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia
Perseus Page
Pylos Regional Archaeological Project
Rome: Greek & Roman Cities of Western Turkey
Thesaurus Linguae Graecae

Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Index: Hellenic Resources
Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Achitecture and Sculpture (AU)
Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
More Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Achitecture and Sculpture

Imperial and Republican Rome

Aeminium & Roman Portugal (Museu Nacional de Machado
Age, Gender and Status Divisions at Mealtime in the Roman Empire
Amp hitheatre d'El-Jem (Thysdrus); an overview
Amphitheatre s romains de Tunisie (Web reprints of two
Ancient Landscape of Burgundy: Applying GIS and Remote
Archaeological Heritage of Southern Italy
Archaeological Museum of Cagliari
Archaeology in Campania (Istituto di Cibernetica, CNR, Napoli)
Art and architecture in Turkey
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Italy and the Provinces of Rome
Braga (the Roman Bracara Augusta), Portugal
Centre for East Roman Studies, University of Warwick
Centre Pierre Paris, incl. Projects in Roman Tunisia, from
Centro Ricerche Informatiche per i Beni Culturali (Pisa):
City and Environs of Nimes, France; art and architecture
City of Lincoln Archaeology Unit (Brayford Wharf East, 1982
City of Trier, Germany; art and architecture
Conimbriga: a Roman town in Portugal
Cyprus Tourist Page, including Roman sites and museum material
Department of Archaeology, York University
Early Church Documents -- ca 96-150 A.D.
Egeria's 4th c. Description of the Liturgical Year
Excavation at the Romano-British Settlement at Pasture Lodge
Excavation at the Romano-British Settlement at Broughton
Excavations at a Roman fort on the River Tyne, South Shields,
Glasgow University Archaeology Research Division
Golfo Porte Aperte: Sites Around the Bay oif
Gozo (Malta) Project & Insite Project: U. Bristol, Cambridge,
Grand amphitheatre d'El-Jem (Web reprint from J.-C.
Graphics: Statue of Antinous
Hadrian's Wall Leisure & Tourism Guide
Imperium Romanorum
Leptiminus (Tunisia) Archaeological Project
Library: Project Libellus
List of Roman and Byzantine Emperors with accompanying map
Newstead Project: A Roman fort in Scotland
Philodemus Project: Scrolls from the Villa dei Papiri,
Pompeii Forum Project, University of Virginia
Pompeii: Roman Society and Culture in Microcosm; a course at
Portraits Romains d'Egypte
Roman Archaelogy Information Server
Roman Archaelogy Information Server
Roman cadastration in Britain, and ancient land management, U.
Roman City of Volubilis, Morocco
Roman fort at Newstead, University of Bradford
Roman Law
Roman Mosaic found at Vichten (Musee National d'Histoire et
Roman Palace in ex-Yugoslavia
Roman resources
Roman Scotland: an exhibition of the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow
Roman town of Aquincum, Hungary
Rom e's Ruins, Learning to Read
Salerno Porte Aperte: Brief illustrated descriptions of sites in
Shipwrecks (including Classical wrecks) from the Mediterranean
Statue of Antinous
Terracotas Arquitectonitas del Museo Arqueologico Nacional de
Hunterian Museum: Romans in Scotland
Theatre of Dionysos & Odeion of Herodes Atticus,
Trent & Peak Archaeological Trust, The University of Nottingham
Trent Valley Survey
Une banque d'images sur El-Jem
University of Lecce:
Visualisation of Landscapes Project, Gubbio Basin,
Warfare and Tactics
Winterstoke Research Project, University of Bristol
World Art Treasures: Portraits Romains d'Egypte
Wroxeter Hinterland Project, University of Birmingham Field

Africa: Early History to A.D. 1000

African Art Graphics Files
African Diaspora
African Studies
Black/African/Development Related Information
Ethiopia Country Study
History (H-Net)
Journal: AfricaUpdate

China's First Empire (221 B.C. - A.D. 220)

Military: Sunzi: Art of War [Chinese]

Imperial China (589-1363)

China remains a mysterious terra incognita in most American intellectual circles. Contrary to popular expectations, however, Chinese poetry offers a unique insight into one of the world's original civilizations. How does Chinese poetry compare with that of Europe's romantic poetry?

Japan: Its Early History to 1467

A prelimary jump into Japan begins with a look into its art and history. Review the major eras and read about several of it early leaders that attract your attention. How is Japanese history similar to Chinese history? Chinese culture? On a more global scale, what European empires drew their early cultural inspirations from another people or peoples? Now, take a look at Japan from a more contemporary perspective.