Web Links for Ancient Near Eastern Studies
I. EGYPTOLOGY LINKS
THE ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

- ABZU: Guide to Resources for the Study of the Ancient Near East Available on the Internet
- Abzu Regional Index: Egypt
- Oriental Institute Research Archives On-Line Catalogue
- On-line catalogue of one of the most complete research libraries on the ancient Near East.
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Home Page
- Directory
- FTP File Server (Dir /pub)
- ANE Electronic Discussion List (and Archives)
- ANE Discussion List for the Study of the Ancient Near East
- Map Series
- Egypt and Nubia: Thumbnail Images
- All the available on-line photos and images of Egypt the Near East at The Oriental Institute.
REFERENCE MATERIALS
EGYPT WEB RINGS
- Ancient Nile Webring
- Egypt's Web Ring Members
ELECTRONIC DISCUSSION LISTS ON ANCIENT EGYPT
- Ancient Mediterranean E-Mail List Archives
- Meroitic Mailing List Rules & Subscription Info
- Ancient Egyptian Language Email List
- Egyptologist's Electronic Forum
- EEF NEWS
- EEF ARCHIVES: Sources for the Study of Egyptology
- Annual Egyptological Bibliography
- Aegyptisches Woerterbuch
- Wörterbuch Digitized Slip Archive
- Archaeological Resources: Egypt & Near East
- Beinlich Word List (Egyptian/German)
- CCER List of Egyptologists: America
- CLINE Database
- Coffin Texts Word Index
- Deir el-Medina Database
- Diotima's Course Material
- Diotima's ANE Bibliography
- Directory of North American Egyptologists
- Egypt: Fieldwork Directory
- Egyptological Abbreviations
- Email addresses of Egyptologists
- Informationsblatt of German Egyptology
- Manuel de codage
- Museum Studies Home Page
- O.I. Research Archives Catalogue
- O.I.Research Archives: RABooks list
- Prosopographia Aegypti: Database of Ancient Egyptian Names
- Tutankhamun Excavation Database
- Virtual Library museums pages (VLmp)
- Which (Luxor) Tombs & Temples are open?
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EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
- A. E. R. A.: Giza Plateau Project
- American Schools of Oriental Research
- ARCE Homepage
- ARCE/North California
- ARCE/North Texas
- Brown University Egyptology Dept.
- Cambridge University Faculty Oriental Studies
- CCER home page
Prague
- Czech Institute of Egyptology,
- Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut - Abteilung Kairo
- Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut
- Egypt Exploration Society (main)
- Egyptian Center for Documentation
- Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
- Egyptology in Poland (in Polish)
- Griffith Institute
- Humboldt University, Berlin
d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO)
- International Association of Egyptologists
- Johns Hopkins University (Egyptology program)
- Manchester Museum: Egyptology
- MÜNCHEN LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT
- LEHRSTUHL FÜR ALTES TESTAMENT, INSTITUT FÜR BIBLISCHE EXEGESE
- Netherlands Institute for the Near East - NINO
- Papyrus Collections World Wide, Leuven
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LIBRARY PAPYRUS HOME PAGE
- Service Informatique de Recherche Archéologique
- Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA)
- SSEA Egyptological Links
- Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt
- University of California Berkeley
- University of California Los Angeles
- University of Freiburg Biblical Institute
- University of Göttingen: Egyptology and Coptology
- University of Hamburg: Arbeitsbereich Ägyptologie
- Universität Hamburg: Ägyptologie
- Institut Français
- University of Leiden: Egyptology
- University of Leipzig Aegyptologisches Institut
- University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität): Egyptology
- University of Memphis, TN: Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
- University of Muenster Institut fuer Aegyptologie
- University of Pennsylvania Egyptian Section
- University of Trier: Egyptology
- Waseda University: Egyptian Culture Center,
- Yale University
EGYPTOLOGICAL RESEARCH LIBRARY ON-LINE CATALOGS
- O.I. Research Archives Catalogue
- University of Chicago Library Catalog
- Search The University of Chicago Library Catalog
- Ashmolean/Oxford Libraries Catalog
- Heidelberg: Egyptology Library Catalogue
- U. S. Library of Congress
- New York Public Library Catalog
- NY Public Library Oriental Division
- Master List of Finding Aids in Manuscript and like Collections in the Princeton University Library
- Waseda University: Bibliography of Architectural History
- Wilbour Library of Egyptology
- Wilbour Library:Recent Acquisitions
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS & BOOKS
- Abstracts: "Egypt & Nubia: Gifts of the Desert"
- abstracts of the desert colloquium, British Museum, 23-24 July 1998
- M. Bernal, Review of Not out of Africa, by M. Lefkowitz
- Blyth, "Ballistic Properties in Ancient Egyptian Arrows"
- Callender, "Role of the Pharaoh in the New Kingdom"
- Foster et al., "Evaluation of an Ancient Egyptian Mummy"
- A. H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar: Answer Key
- J. E. Hoch, Middle Egyptian Grammar: Answer Key
- M. Lefkowitz, "Response to Review of Not out of Africa, by M. Bernal
- Library of Congress, Area Handbook: Egypt
- Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek Lexicon
- D. Lorton, "Autofellatio and Ontology"
- D. Lorton, "Hatshepsut, the Queen of Sheba, and Immanuel Velikovsky"
- D. Lorton, "Reading the Story of Sinuhe"
- D. Lorton, "Technical Terms in Ancient Egyptian"
- Sturt Manning, A Test of Time: The Volcano of Thera and the Chronology and History of the ...
- P. Piccione, "Black Athena" Report
- R. Ritner, "Practical Egyptian Magical Spells"
- D. Rohl, "Reply to Kitchen"
- D. Rohl, "Response to Yurco"
- M. Roth, "Building Bridges to Afrocentrism"
- Sellars, "The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt"
- B. Williams, Archaeology and Historical Problems of the Second Intermediate Period
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Fordham University Ancient History Sourcebook
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt
- John Regenstein Library Electronic Open Stacks (EOS)
- Full web publication of older Egyptological books
- EOS Index
- JRL Electronic Open Stacks
- Allen, T. G. Egyptian Stelae in Field Museum
- Champollion le Jeune. Grammaire Egyptienne
- Jondet, G. Les Ports Submerges de L'ancienne Ile de Pharos
- Lefebvre, G. Tombeau de Petoisiris. 1iere Partie
- Lefebvre, G. Tombeau de Petoisiris. 2eme Partie
- Lefebvre, G. Tombeau de Petoisiris. 3eme Partie
- Montet, P. Scènes de la Vie Privée
- Petrie, W. Fl. Naukratis
- Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Illahun, Kahun and Gurob. 1889-90
- Petrie, W. Fl. Kahun, Gurob, and Hawara
- Sellers, The Death of Gods in Ancient Egypt
- Sethe, K. Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte 1
- Sethe, K. Die Altaegyptischen Pyramidentexte 2
- Smith, G. E. Royal Mummies
JOURNALS & SERIALS
- ABZU JOURNAL INDEX
- American Journal of Archaeology
- Antiquity
- Archaeology Magazine
- Bulletin of the American Schols of oriental Research (Near Eastern Archaeology)
- Biblical Archaeologist
- Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale Catalogue and Index (with Abstracts)
- Bryn Mawr Classical Review
- Bryn Mawr Electronic Resources Review
- Egypt Revealed
- Journal: Orient Express
- KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt
- KMT Readers' Forum: KV55!
- Journal of Near Eastern Studies
- National Geographic: Egypt Index
- National Geographic Magazine, "At the Tomb of Tutankhamen"
- Interactive version of tomb excavation reports from National Geographic Magazine (1923)
- Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO)
- Studien zur Altaegyptischen Kultur
BIBLIOGRAPHIES & BOOKLISTS
- Annual Egyptological Bibliography home page
- African History Sources: Egypt
- AIGYPTOS - Bibliographical Databank
- el-Amarna Bibliography
- Levant Bibliography (Brandeis)
- Deir el-Bahari Bibliography
- Deir el-Medîna Bibliography
- EEF: Ancient Egypt Bibliographies on the Net
- Internet Archaeology Home Page
- Leuven database of ancient books
- O.I.: Recommended Readings
- Recherche im Fachkatalog Ägyptologie
- Theban Mapping Project: Bibliography
- Wilbour Library:Recent Acquisitions
- Women in Egypt: Bibliography
- Women in the ANE (O.I. Bibliography)
Near East & Egypt (+Sales)
- Ägyptisches Altertum Buchliste
- Egyptology
- Near East
- Babylonians
- Hittites
- Sumerians
- Assyrians
- Persians
- Near Eastern Archaeology Bibliography
- Archaeology on the Net: NEAR EASTERN ARCHAEOLOGY.
More information available at:
http://www.serve.com/archaeology/books/index.html
- Bibliography: Ancient Anatolia
PUBLISHERS' CATALOGS
- Assn. of American University Presses Online Catalog
- Dissertation Abstracts Online: Search
- Griffith Institute Publications.
- Leila Books (Cairo)
- UMI: Ordering dissertations and theses
- UMI Dissertation Express
- Univ. of Chicago Press Online--Books
EGYPTOLOGICAL PROJECT PAGES
- Theban Tombs Publication Project
- Theban Tombs Publication Project (new address)
- Van Eynde: Thebes Photographic Project
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN THE EASTERN DESERT OF EGYPT
- EPIGRAPHIC SURVEY
- GIZA PLATEAU MAPPING PROJECT
- GIZA PLATEAU MODEL 1
- GIZA PLATEAU MODEL 2
- GPMP: Radiocarbon Project
- LUXOR-FARSHÛT DESERT ROAD PROJECT
- BIR UMM FAWAKHIR SURVEY
- NUBIA SALVAGE PROJECT
- Ancient Egyptian Quarries
- Cambridge Amarna Project
- Champollion Project (download)
- DNA Extracted from Mummy in San Jose
- Giza Archives Project
- Giza On Line: Egyptology Clearinghouse
- Institute of Nautical Archaeology - Egypt
- Manchester Museum Kahun Project
- Milan: Tomb of Harwa Project (TT37)
- Multilingual Egyptological Thesaurus
- The Mummy Tissue Bank
- Oxyrhynchus Papyri Main Menu
- Papyrus Westcar Home Page
- Quseir Al-Qadim Project, Egypt
- Theban Mapping Project
- Tokai-Waseda Expedition to Dahshur
- Topographical Bibliography.
- University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
- KV 5 Index of Images
INDIVIDUAL EGYPTOLOGISTS' HOME PAGES
- Eric Cline Page
- Franck Goddio - Homepage
- Joseph Manning Page
- Manuelian Design: Egyptological & Academic Publishing Services
- Peter A. Piccione Home Page
- Zahi Hawass Home Page
- Donald Ryan Home Page
- David Lorton Home Page
- David Rohl Homepage
- Stuart Tyson Smith Home Page
EGYPTOLOGICAL MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS
- Berlin Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Ancient Egypt
- British Museum, London
- World Wide Arts Resources - The Definitive Arts and Culture Information Gateway
- Bologna Archaeological Museum
- Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory University): Egyptian Art
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History: Life in Ancient Egypt
- Cleveland Museum of Art Pharaoh Exhibition
- Cairo Coptic Museum - Culturenet
- Detroit Institute of Art: Ancient Art (General)
- Detroit Institute of Art: Mesopotamian Art
- Detroit Institute of Art: Persepolis/Ancient Iran
- Detroit Institute of Art: Egyptian Art
- The Egyptian Museum, Cairo (official)
- Virtual Egyptian Museum (Museum Tours)
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK
- Florida International Museum: Splendors of Ancient Egypt
- Harvard Semitic Museum
- Harvard Semitic Museum: Sphinx and the Pyramds
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Houston Museum of Art: Splendors of Ancient Egypt
- Louvre Museum: Egyptian Collection
- Louvre : Egyptian Antiquities Department
- Louvre: Indexs of Images (all!)
- Manchester Museum: Egyptology Daily Life Gallery
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- MMA Giftshop
- MMA, The Art of Ancient Egypt
- Musei Archeologici
- Musei Vaticani
- Museo Egizio Torino
- MuseumShop.com Home
- Frank H. McClung Museum
- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
- Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
- Royal Ontario Museum Home Page
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Swansea Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
- Tulane University: Egypt Photos
- Univ. of Glasgow Hunterian Museum: Egyptian Exhibit
- Univ. of Leipzig Aegyptisches Museum
- Univ. of Michigan Papyrus Collection
- UofMN Museum: Ancient Egyptian Culture
- Univ. of Pennsylvania University Museum
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Wellcome Museum, University of Wales
- Zagreb Arch. Museum Egyptian Collection
EGYPTOLOGICAL NEWS AND TOPICAL PAGES
News
- InSCIght - 13 February 1999: Ancient Egyptians Make Up Chemistry
- National Geographic News (daily)
Topical Pages
- FAQ: How to Become an Egyptologist
- So you want to become an Egyptologist?
- Ancient Egypt: the Mythology - the most comprehensive site on ancient Egyptian mythology on the web
- Ti-Ameny-Net Mummy (U. Richmond, Va.)
- Ancient Egypt -- by Joanne O'Brien, ICOREC
- A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs
- Ancient Egypt : the Mythology
- Ancient Egypt and World Prehistory
- Ancient Egypt Discovery Case
- Ancient Egypt Medicine
- Ancient Egypt Site
- Ancient Egyptian Culture
- Basic Lessons in Hieratic - Index
- Decline of Library of Alexandria
- Djoser Complex
- Egypt: 1st Intermediate Period
- Egypt - Guardian's Egypt - Main Gate
- Egypt Revealed - History, Archaeology and Travel
- Egyptian Female Art: Sweet Briar college
- Egyptian Royal Genealogy
- Hugh Lester: Index of Egypt Images
- Middle Bronze Age: Egypt & Canaan
- Narmer Serekh Sign
- The Nile's Other Kingdom
- People of The Amarna Period
- Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Ramses II: The Battle of Kadesh
- Restoring Egyptian Art by Computer (CCER)
- Senet - A game of Ancient Egypt
- Skinner-Simpson, Egyptian Stuff
- Traditions of Magic
- Trismegistus: Akhnaton, Moses & Oedipus
- Valley of Kings Virtual Tour
- Carlo Vidua and the Travellers of 1800 in Egypt
EGYPTOLOGICAL WEB RESOURCES
- Abzu Regional Index: Egypt
- ARGOS Ancient and Medieval Internet Search
- University of Evansville .
- L'Egitto dei Faraoni - Links
- Egypt WWW Index (Univ. of San Francisco)
- Egyptology: German Speaking (Web sites)
- Egyptology Resources (Cambridge)
- ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives
- Fordham University Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Egypt
- Internet Information Resources on Ancient Egypt
- Okeanos: Web Resources
- Scattered Remains on the Web, papyrus, papyri, Egypt, Demotic, Greek, Roman, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman, Hellenistic, Ptolemaic and post-Pharaonic Egypt, and Egyptian language material, scans of papyri
MODERN EGYPT
- Al-Ahram Weekly
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- American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (AMCHAM)
- Americans in the Egyptian Army
- ArabNet
- ArabNet -- Egypt, Contents
- Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- Egy.com (Cairo)
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- Egypt Ministry of Tourism: TOUR EGYPT
- Egypt State Information Service
- Egypt State Information Service: Images of Egypt
- Egypt State Information Service: The New Valley (Western Oases)
- Egypt Today Magazine
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- The Egyptian Gazette Online Edition
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- Luxor Magazine Online
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- Al Mashriq - Egypt
- Middle East on-Line
- Nubia SIS Page
II. Near Eastern Studies Links
Archaeology from Space
- Archaeology from Space
- SIR-C/X-SAR Image Dakhla Oasis, Egypt
- SIR-C/X-SAR image Ubar Optical/Radar
- SIR-C/X-SAR image Safsaf Oasis, Egypt
- SIR-C/X-SAR Image Safsaf Oasis, Egypt
- SIR-C/X-SAR image Lost City of Ubar
- SIR-C/X-SAR image Wadi Kufra, libya
- SIR-C/X-SAR image Jerusalem and the Dead Sea
Bibliographies and Booklists
- Books on AE
- TELA: Scholars Press WWW Site
- ASOR Publications
- Bibliography: Old Testament & Near East (Fox U.)
- Univ. of Chicago Library: Ancient Near East
- Univ. of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive
- Univ. of Chicago Middle East Photo Archive: Contents
Course Pages
- Classics & Near East Course Database
- History of Art 522
- Kristin Koptiuch's Homepage
- Mesopotamian Mathematics
- OSU Hist 500 Syllabus (ANE)
- Syllabus Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
News and Topical Pages
- Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
- The Complete Petra
- History of Cuneiform
- Hittite Home Page
- Latest Scoop in Biblical Archaeology: ABR
- Material Culture of Near East (Boston University)
- Mesopotamia in the Era of State Formation
Mesopotamian Mathematics (Melville)
- Mesopotamian Mathematics
- Bibliography of Mesopotamian Mathematics
- Cuneiform Numbers
- Old Babylonian Mathematics
- Old Babylonian
A brief summary of Old Babylonian mathematics. This is the period for which we have the most evidence. Old Babylonian mathematics showed high development of problem solving, typically characterized as algebraic.
- Old Babylonian Metrology
- babylonian weights and measures.
- Old Babylonian Multiplication Tables
- Quadratic Equations
- Mesopotamian procedures for solving rectangular problems involving square roots
- The Technique
- Procedure for finding the reciprocals of regular numbers
- Nuzi and the Hurrians
- Sumerian Mythology FAQ
- Wine, Origins and History of (University of Pennsylvania)
- Write Like a Babylonian
Organizations
- American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR)
- Assyrian Academic Society Home Page
- Cyprus American Arch. Research Institute
- Istituto per la civilta' Fenicia e Punica
- Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)
- UC Berkeley, Dept. Near Eastern Languages and Cultures
Project Pages
- Çatalhöyük Excavations
- Corpus of Sumerian Literature
- Ashkelon Excavation Information
- Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: Home Page
- Aegean Dendrochronology Project
- The Jazira Project (Oriental Institute)
- The Diyala Project (Oriental Institute)
- The Nippur Expedition (Oriental Institute)
Publications
Journals
- Biblical Archaeologist
- Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research
- Selected Electronic Journals
Monographs and Essays
- "Medicine in Ancient Mesopotamia" (Anon.)
- Unsigned essay. Indiana University
- "The New Crusade" (James H. Breasted)
- American Historical Association Presidential Address, Indianapolis, 1928
- A Popular Account of Discoveries at Nineveh (Austen H. Layard)
- New York: J. C. Derby, 1854.
- "Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh" (A. A. Brown)
- Erudite essay on the Epic of Gilgamesh
- Anthropology Biography on the Web
- Minnesota State University, Mankato. Biographies of famous anthropologists and archaeologists, geomorphologists, and philologists, including Egyptologists and Assyriologists.
Reference Materials
- Anthropology Biography on the Web
- Minnesota State University, Mankato. Biographies of famous anthropologists and archaeologists, geomorphologists, and philologists, including Egyptologists and Assyriologists.
Research Organizations
- American Oriental Society
Sources, Texts, and Readings
- Akkadian language (cuneiform texts)
- Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book ACT I
- Ancient & Medieval Studies Reading Room Electronic Journal
- Avalon Project : Code of Hammurabi
- Canaanites in the Bible: Readings
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative
- Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
- Oxford University compendium of over 400 literary works in the Sumerian language of ancient Mesopotamia, late 3rd - early 2nd
millennia B.C.
- Epic of Gilgamesh
- Fordham University Ancient History Sourcebook
- Fordham University: Ancient History Sourcebook
- Ancient History Sourcebook: The Ancient Near East and Egypt
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Persia
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Human Origins
- "Hammurabi's Code of Laws"
- Hammurabi's Code of Laws, translated by L. W. King
- Proto-cuneiform Cuneiform Texts Database
- Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia
- Sumerian Dictionary Project (UPenn)
- Sumerian Lexical Archive (O.I.)
Web Resources and Directories
- Abzu Regional Index: Mesopotamia
- Index of Resources for the Study of Ancient Mesopotamia, Including the Territory under the Control of the Modern State of Iraq and Parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey
- ARGOS Ancient and Medieval Internet Search
- University of Evansville .
- Ancient & Medieval Studies Reading Room Electronic Journal
- Ancient Near East.com
- The Ancient World Web: Main Index
- The Ancient World Web:Geography Index:Mid and Near East
- AncientNearEast.Net Home
- Exploring and Resourcing the Ancient Near East
- Archaeological Resources: Egypt & Near East
- Archaeology on the Net
- ArchNet: Regions / Near East
- Columbia U. ANE & Medieval Links
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures: The Ancient Near East
- University of Evansville. An Introduction to Ancient World Cultures on the World Wide Web
- FORVM ANTIQVVM: Near Eastern and Biblical Studies
- Eric J. Kondratieff presents a collection of Web sites relating to Near Eastern, Mesopotamian and Biblical studies. Categories include journals, bibliographies, archaeological field projects, and more.
- Land of Sumer and Akkad - Mesopotamian Archaeology
- Network of an Inter-University Attraction Pole on the History and Environment of the Mesopotamian Plain, Brussels, Belgium. An Inter-University Attraction Pole Project of the Belgian Government
- Links to Ancient Near Eastern Web Sites
- U. Michigan Near Eastern Links
- Mnemotrix ArchaeoSearch - DataBase of Ancient Near East and Classical Studies
- Multidisciplinary Directories for Scholars
- Okeanos: Web Resources
- Website for Biblical, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
- WWW Bible Gateway
III. Selected Archaeological/Classical Links
- Ancient & Medieval Studies Reading Room Electronic Journal
- The Ancient World Web: Main Index
- Archaeology on the Net
- Archaeological Fieldwork Opportunities
- Archaeological Remote Sensing Consortium
- Archaeology Info Page
- Association of Ancient Historians - Welcome
- The Atrium: For Students and Fans of Ancient Greece and Rome
- Classics Course Database
- Comprehensive List of Archaeological Links
- Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
- Diotima (Essay Links)
- Images of Women in Ancient Art
- MIT: Internet Classics Archive
- Commentarium: Ancient World in Popular Press
- Ring of Classics
- Stoa | Welcome to the Suda On Line (SOL)