Web
Resources for Classical and Ancient Studies
Updated
September 20, 2000
Museums with Ancient Collections
Near Eastern Art and Archaeology
Paleolithic and Neolithic Art and Archaeology
Classical Doorways: Search
sites, indices, good listings of web resources for Classical Studies
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Argos: Limited Area Search of the Ancient and
Medieval Internet
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ABZU: Guide to
Resources for the Study of Egypt and the Ancient Near Available on the Internet
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Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures: A Guide to Ancient
World Cultures on the Internet
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Stoa.org: An
innovative consortium of scholars using new technologies to bring Classics to
the Internet
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The Ancient World Web: A collection of links
assorted by categories
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Electronic Resources for Classicists: A
collection of links with bonus categories such as Classical organizations and
departments
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Library of Congress Classics
Tree Directory: From the library to end all libraries, a collection
of web resources for Classicists
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The Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of
classical literature
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RomanSites: A
bibliographical tool for searching the web for Roman materials
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Perseus: An evolving digital library for the
Classics including entries on art and archaeology, texts in Greek and Latin
(and their translations) and secondary sources
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures: A Guide to
Ancient World Cultures on the Internet
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NEW URL!!! Beazley
Archive: Check this page out. Unbelievable collection of vase paintings and
resources on vase paintings.
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Topographical Index of Ancient
Rome: Yes, it is Samuel Ball Platner’s dictionary!
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Greek Lexicon at Perseus
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Cyprus Net English Greek Dictionary (not great)
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Learn Greek on the Internet: An series of lessons in Modern
Greek
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Notre Dame Archives, Latin Aid: Latin
Dictionary and Grammar Aid
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Latin Dictionary at
Perseus
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Allen and Greenough Latin
Grammar
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The Classics Archive: 441 searchable works of
classical literature
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Texts and Translations at Perseus
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Electronic Texts online at UVa
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Archaeological Museum of
Bologna: Roman, Etruscan and Egyptian
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Egyptian Collection
is featured on the web.
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Boston Museum of Fine Arts: Pharoah of the Sun exhibition
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Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University:
Greek, Roman, Egyptian (tons of mummies), Near Eastern
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Cleveland Museum of Art:
Mainly their Egyptian collection is displayed on the web.
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The Detroit Institute of Arts:
Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
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J. Paul Getty Museum:
Rather complex site wherein the collections are searchable by artist, subject,
or works of art.
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Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art: All Cycladic, all the time.
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Hellenic Ministry of Culture
Museum Listing: Connects you to all the local museums in Greece (and
ancient sites!)
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Louvre Museum,
Paris: Ancient Collections
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City: Greek and Roman collection,
Egyptian collection,
Ancient Near Eastern
collection. Best museum web site I have ever seen!!!
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North Carolina Museum of Art:
Classical, Egyptian
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Arthur M. Sackler Museum
at Harvard University: Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Egyptian, Near Eastern
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University of Pennsylvania
Museum: Special Internet Exhibitions
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The Vatican Museums:
Etruscan, Egyptian, Greek and Roman Sculpture
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Treasures from the Royal Tombs
of Ur
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Oriental Institute Virtual
Museum Egyptian, Assyrian,
Mesopotamian, Persian Galleries.
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Metis: Quick Time Videos of sites in Ancient Greece
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Ancient Olympics:
Online exhibition at University of Pennsylvania
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The Ancient Greek World:
Online exhibtion at University of Pennsylvania
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Hellenic Ministry of Culture:
Listing of ancient sites in Greek with good to adequate information on each
site.
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Romarch: The original crossroads for Web
resources on the art and archaeology of early Italy and the Roman world, from
the earliest settlements to Late Antiquity
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Aquileia: I just like this web site – very specific only about
the ancient site of Aquileia.
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Augustus, Images of Power:
A good collection of images from Mark Morford, Uva
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Roman Mythological Characters and Divinities
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Forum Romanum: “A
center of Ancient Roman civilization.”
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Lacus Curtius: A
compilation of all sorts of res Romana – inscription work, maps, photo index,
etc.
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Animal Mummies in the Cairo Museum
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The Step Pyramid Complex of Djoser
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Mysteries of the Nile: A series of Quick
Time videos sponsored by PBS.
Near Eastern Art
and Archaeology
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King Midas: A University of Pennsylvania
online exhibtion.
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Mesopotamia: The Royal Tombs
of Ur
Paleolithic and Neolithic Art and Archaeology
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Altamira Cave:
Exhibition at the Deutsches Museum in Munich
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Chris Tweed’s Ancient Sites: A
guide to ancient monuments around the United Kingdom.
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American Journal of Archaeology
Journal of
the Archaeological Institute of America. The table of contents of current
issues of AJA. Some other archaeological information.
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American Journal of Philology
Journal of
the American Philological Association. If you access this journal at Hollins or
through the Hollins web site using your student library ID number, you can view
all articles in PDF format.
Volumes
1 (1987) - 14 (2000) online.
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Arachnion. A Journal of Literature and
Ancient History on the Web
All
of the issues are online and can be viewed on the screen or downloaded onto a
PC or MAC.
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Arethusa
Journal of
literary and cultural studies on the ancient world.
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Arion. A Journal of Humanities and the
Classics.
The
table of contents for volumes 1 - 8 are online. You can also search the indices
of volumes 1 - 4.
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Athena Review. A Journal of History,
Archaeology, and Exploration.
All articles
and issues are accessible. Not entirely about classical antiquity. There seems to
be many articles about the Romans in Britain.
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review (BMCR)
Timely
reviews of current classical scholarship. You can search through their indices
back to 1990.
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Classics Ireland. Journal of the Classics
Association of Ireland.
An
online journal of general classical topics.
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Didaskalia: Ancient Theater Today.
An
online journal of theater plus a general information site about ancient
theater.
An online
journal of classical studies. The site is a gopher directory of each issue, and
therefore not very elegant, but you do get full text versions of the articles.
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Eranos:Acta
Philologica Suecana
Table
of contents to current and previous issues.
The Table of
Contents (1990-1996) of the review ETUDES CLASSIQUES.
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Histos. The Electronic Journal of Ancient
Historiography at the University of Durham.
Only
three volumes so far.
A refereed
journal totally online. Articles of interest about all areas of British
archaeology, including the Roman period. The site is searchable.
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KERNOS: Revue internationale et
pluridisciplinaire de religion grecque ancienne.
A
listing of the table of contents for this French journal.
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Petronian Society Newsletter
Really a web
site for the Ancient Novel. An impressive bibliography on the topic and a listing
of web sites of interest to those who study the Ancient Novel. Some plot
summaries of Ancient Novels.
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Retiarius:
Commentarii Periodici Latini
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Scholia: Natal Studies in Classical
Antiquity
Table
of contents for Scholia 1 - 7. Each article has a brief synopsis.
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Traditio.
Traditio is
a journal of ancient and medieval history, thought, and religion. The web site
contains a searchable index of 50 years of the journal by author and by
subject.
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Harvard Library
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University of North Carolina