Websites for the study of Ancient History
Empires Past: Reference Library
Provides readable and sorted information on Ancient Egypt, Ancient China, Ancient Rome, and the Aztecs
Daily Life in Ancient Civilizations
Provides information and links to ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, China and also to the study of Early Man. Includes links to lesson plans.
Egyptians
Explores Egyptian history through articles, images, and interactive media. Includes a timeline covering kingdoms, pharaohs, dynasties and main events, as well as a section on careers for women in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient Egypt: Science & Technology
Explore "mummies, elaborate afterlife preparations, buried tombs that require painstaking excavation, mysterious hieroglyphs and wall paintings" at this site. You can also interact with a 3-D mummy and view a mummy CAT scan, plan your afterlife, and send a buried message. From the Museum of Science, Boston.
Mysteries of Egypt - Egyptian Civilization
Features a variety of information and photographs of topics related to Ancient Egypt. Topics include: geography, architecture, government, writing, religion, daily life and sciences. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and links to Tutankhamun and Hatshepsut.
Pyramids - The Inside Story (NOVA)
Provides a wide variety of information on pyramids, focussing on the pyramids at Giza. Includes a history of Giza, answers to questions about the pyramids, some information on hieroglyphs, the Sphinx, Khufu, Khafre, and Men Kaure.
Institute of Egyptian Art & Archeology
Features a virtual tour of Ancient Egypt, visiting over a dozen sits along the Nile. Includes exhibits of artifacts and links to other sites on Egypt.
Guardian’s Egypt
Features a cyber journey to Ancient Egypty. Information includes the pyramids, hieroglyphs, mummies, art, music, mythology, and religion of the time period. Extensive links to many topics related to ancient Egypt and to Egypt today.
Mummies of Ancient Egypt
Provides information on Egyptian mummies - what they are, who they were, how they were made, Egyptian beliefs, about the afterlife. Includes a table of hieroglyphs and a dateline.
Stone Pages
Provides an online guide to European megaliths and other ancient sites in France, Italy, England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Deals with stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, cairns, barrows, and hillforts. Includes images and photographs.
Ancient Greek Civilizations
Provides information on the Aegean civilizations such as the Minoans and Myceneans, plus Homer’s Illiad and Odyssey. Includes information on other cultures of the Aegean such as the Phoenicians, the Dorians and the Ionians. Also includes information on Sparta, Athens, Herodotus, Greek medicine, and includes a timeline and maps.
Greeks: Crucible of Civilization
Presents a multimedia introduction to ancient Greek history, culture, politics, art, and warfare. Includes a detailed timeline from 1400BC - 337BC, an interactive map, ancient Greek language, life in Athens, etc.
Ancient city of Athens (Greece)
Features a photographic archive of the archeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens. Includes a photo essay on the topography and monuments of Athens.
Imperium Romanum - An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
Provides information on Roman emperors from Augustus (27BC) to Constantine XI (1453). Includes biographical essays (in chronological and alphabetical order), family trees, significant battles, and maps of the Roman empire during different time periods. Also includes links to an Ancient & Medieval atlas, a catalog of Roman coins, and to related sites.
Pompeii Forum Project
Features archival photographs, eyewitness accounts, volcanic research, etc. on the Ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Includes notes for teachers and students.
Rome Resources
Provides a collection of annotated links on Ancient Rome, sorted into the following categories: literature, military, archeology, political, philosophy, drama, religion, maps and general information.
History of India
Provides extensive information on the history of India, categorized by time period (ancient, medieval, British, and modern). Includes a timeline and illustrations. Hyperlinked to additional information. Extensive information on religions in India.
Mesopotamia - The British Museum
Provides information on the geography, mythology, religion, trade & transport, warfare, palaces, astronomy, and writing of Mesopotamia, including the cultures of Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer.
Gilgamesh
A digital library book of ancient Mesopotamia.Gilgamesh
Chinese Culture Centre
Extensive information and links on China and Chinese culture, including the festivals. Details on special exhibitions. Archives can be easily searched. Links are organized under these headings: Chinese society & culture, Chinese history & geneology, Businesses, Organizations, Resource areas, News & magazines.
Surfing the Net with Kids - China
Provides links to an excellent variety of specially selected sites on China, including virtual tours of the Silk Road and the Great Wall.
Daily life in Ancient China
Features information on all aspects of daily life for the Xia (Hsia), Shang, Chou, Han, and T’ang dynasties. Includes the three major doctrines of the time period (Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism). Links to related sites.
Six Paths to China
Features six strategies (with activities) for using the web for learning about China. Includes links to collection of sites all about China, its history, culture and geography.
Odin’s Castle of Dreams & Legends
Features an archive of history and historical resources. Topics include: Greek, Roman, & Egyptian myths; Medieval & Renaissance myths & history; American history of Westward expansion; History of Art & literature; History of Science and medicine. Includes resources for educators & students.
The Energy Planet
Provides an extensive amount of information on energy, both traditional forms and renewable or future forms. Includes biographies of inventors & innovators, experiments, discussions of how energy works, and energy use in Ancient China, Egypt and Rome.
PBS History
Comprehensive site of all current and archived PBS broadcasts on world history. Categorized by: Ancient World, Biographies, United States, War and espionage, World. Featured stories are changed regularly, though all are archived.
Biographical Dictionary
Brief biographical sketches of over 28000 notable people who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present. Searchable by name, birth year, death year, profession, achievements, and works.
Art History Resources on the Web
Images and information is organized primarily by time periods (e.g. Prehsitoric, Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century). Includes links to research resources, museum and galleries, prints and photography.
Detroit Institute of Arts
Collections here include: Ancient Art, African and Oceanic Art, American Art, Asian Art, European Art, Graphic Arts, 20th Century Art. Includes special exhibits that are changed regularly (March 2000 - Van Gogh - Face to Face). Some teacher resources are included.
Discovery Channel Online
This magazine format has various feature stories and regular columns that are changed frequently. Regular columns include Discoveries, Health, Pets, Travel, Lifestyles, School, Kids, Todays headlines. Subjects include Ancient Worlds / History, Animals, Dinosaurs / Fossils, Expeditions / Adventures, Extreme weather, Planet Earth, and Space.
Web Exhibits
An excellent directory of annotated websites categorized by topics: creative arts, ancient world, discovery & exploration, society & culture, health & medicine, environment, science & technology, and academic subjects (arts & humanities, physical sciences, life science, math & computers, social sciences).
Inventors and inventions theme page
Provides a mix of multi-level links with curricular content, lesson plans, and instructional materials. Topics include Ancient inventions, Canadian inventions, Leonardo da Vinci, Musical inventions, etc.
History of Biomedicine
Provides extensive links in theory of biology, history of diseases, and medical theory and practice. Covers the histories of folk medicine, traditional Eastern medicien, and Western biomedical theory and practice. Resources are arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times.
Kelsey Museum of Archeology
Features exhibits, galleries & maps of ancient world, with links to classical art & archeology sites. Includes descriptions of fieldwork projects, past and present and maps of the ancient Mediterranean area. The focus is on Greece, Rome and the Near East.
Mariners’ Museum: Age of exploration curriculum guide
Features information on Explorers, from the ancient world to James Cook). Includes information on their ships, a Timeline, and teacher information. Topics covered include: Vikings, Portuguese explorers, Columbus, Magellan, Cabot, Drake, Cartier, Hudson, and Cook.
Lost at sea: The Search for longitude
Provides a history of navigating and secrets of ancient navigators. Includes information on the Global Positioning System (GPS), how to measure longitude, teachers guide, and a variety of additional resources.
Seven wonders of the Ancient World
Features information of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Articles are full of hyperlinks to related sites. Includes maps, links to other marvels of the ancient world, and miscellaneous links.
Amazing Cruise through time & history
This Virtual time machine provides a visual and interactive tour from the Big Bang through dinosaur times, Ancient Egypt, Ancient rome, Dark ages, Feudalism, Medieval, Renaissance, American Revolution, World War II, to the present and future. Created by students for students.
Costume Page - Costume History
Features a history of costume through the ages, from Ancient times through Rome, Medieval, Renaissance, Elizabethan, Shakespeare, 17th & 18th Centuries, 19th Century Regency & Victorian, to the 20th Century fashion and costume. Appropriate for the 20th Century decades studies.
Cave of Lascaux
Features a virtual tour of the prehistoric art found in the Lascaux cave in France. The LEARN button leads to further related information and the DISCOVER button leads to links for other archeological sites.
Ancient History Sourcebook
Features many primary source materials for the study of Ancient History. Includes links to Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Near East, Africa, East Asia, India, Islam. Links include information on language, women’s studies, global issues, science, literature, and art. Other sourcebooks are also linked to this site, including Medieval and Jewish sourcebooks.
Asclepion - Health & medicine in Ancient cultures
Features an extensive study of ancient medicine through text, images and links to Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Ancient Greece. Include information on the Hippocratic Oath.
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
Provides information on woem and issues of gender among the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and other ancient cultures. Much of this is quite scholarly in nature. Links to related sites.
Ancient Civilizations theme page
Provides a multi-level mix of links with curricular content, lesson plans and other instructional materials. Includes a link to the study of women and gender in the Ancient world.
Collapse: Why do civilizations fall?
Examines the collapse of 4 ancient civilizations -- Maya, Mesopotamia, Chaco Canyon, Mali & Songhai. Includes hand-on activities and links to related resources.
Byzantine & Medieval Links Index
Provides information and links on Byzantine art, music, cultures and relgions, as well as Ancient history and Medieval art and architecture. All links are briefly annotated and sorted into major and minor sites.
Religions of the world
Features links on Hinduism, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, and the Baha’i Faith. Includes other links to ancient religions, general and interreligious information, and related topics.
World Religions - Religion, History & Literature
Focuses on the links between religions, history and literature. Includes links to African traditional religions, ancient religions, goddesses, etc. Many of the extensive links have brief annotations.
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