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Aegean Art: Introduction
www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegean.html
Divided into sections for Minoan, Mycenaean and Cycladic art with galleries of images on topics such as architecture, jewelry, pottery, sculpture and tombs.
  • English
  • Ancient World Mapping Center
    www.unc.edu/awmc/
    Publisher- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Dedicated to the study of ancient geography, this site has a wealth of information about current excavations and research projects, as well as maps.
  • English
  • Image
  • The British Museum: Greece
    www.britishmuseum.org/explore/world_cultures/europe
    /ancient_greece.aspx
    Contains images and info on the galleries and collections of the Dept. of Greek & Roman Antiquities, including such topics as the Parthenon sculptures, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, and the Temple of Artemis at Ephesos.
  • English
  • Image-Video
  • British School at Athens
    www.bsa.ac.uk/
    Information on British excavations in Greece, including site tours of Sparta and Knossos (Crete).
  • English
  • Text
  • Catacombes chrétiennes de Rome
    www.catacombe.roma.it/indice_fr.html
    Publisher- Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra
  • French
  • Classical Archaeology Education Project
    isthmia.osu.edu/arched/classical.html
    Publisher- The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia
    Introduction to Classical Archaeology and Mythology with an emphasis on the site of Isthmia.
  • English
  • Text-Video
  • Encyclopaedia Romana
    penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/index.html
    Publisher- James Grout
    Although James Grout is not a classicist, his website contains an excellent selection of articles, maps, and photographs of Roman monuments with many English quotes from the original Latin sources. Bibliographies for each site and essay are provided.
  • English
  • Text
  • Forum Romanum: an electronic resource for students and scholars
    www.forumromanum.org/
    Publisher- David Camden, Harvard U. (project manager)
    Info and web links on Roman art & archaeology, daily life, history, mythology and Latin language and literatire. Contains a picture index, as well as an extensive listing of Latin texts, e.g. Vitruvius on architecture.
  • English
  • Text-Video
  • A Gazetter of the Roman World
    penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Ro
    man/home.html
    Publisher- Bill Thayer
    Illustrated introduction to Roman architecture, including major monuments in Rome (e.g. Ara Pacis, Colosseum and Pantheon), as well as different types of structures, such as aqueducts, theatres and Roman roads in Britain.
  • English-French-Italian
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  • Illustrated History of the Roman Empire
    www.roman-empire.net/
    Lots of info on Roman historical and military topics, including articles on individual Roman emperors, timelines, and maps. Includes fun stuff, such as photos of military re-enactments and e-postcards.
  • English
  • Text
  • Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
    wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/index.html
    Publisher- Leo C. Curran / University of Buffalo
    Here you will find oevr 1550 photographs of important ancient Greek and Roman sites in Greece, Rome, England and France.
  • English
  • Image-Text-Video
  • Minoan Crete
    www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/minoan/
    Publisher- Ian Swindale (Rethymno, Crete)
    Illustrations and basic information about Minoan archaeological sites on Crete, including palaces, settlement sites and tombs.
  • English
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  • The Museum of Antiquities
    museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/index.html
    Publisher- Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne
    Virtual museum on the north east of England with much information about Hadrian's Wall and life in Roman Britain, including a temple of Mithras and a section on Roman arms and armour.
  • English
  • Odysseus: Hellenic Culture
    www.culture.gr/
    Official website of the Greek Ministry of Culture. It contains lists of musuems, monuments and archaeological sites and contact info for Ephorates of the Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities.
  • English-Greek, Modern (1453- )
  • Text-Video
  • The Parthenon Marbles
    www.uk.digiserve.com/mentor/marbles/
    Contains pictures and a history of the Elgin marbles which are now in the British Museum. Information is given on the campaign to have the marbles returned to Athens.
  • English-French-Greek, Modern (1453- )-Italian-Spanish
  • Image-Video
  • Perseus Project
    www.perseus.tufts.edu/
    Publisher- Tufts University
    A digital library focusing on the ancient Greek world. Covers architecture, sites, sculpture and vase painting as well as ancient Greek and Latin texts.
  • English
  • Image-Text
  • Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
    projects.dartmouth.edu/history/bronze_age/
    Publisher- Dartmouth University
    Information on the prehistory of the Aegean region with emphasis on Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece including lessons and illustrations by Jeremy B. Rutter
  • English
  • Text-Video
  • Project Troia
    www.uni-tuebingen.de/troia/eng/index.html
    Information on the excavations being undertaken at the site of Troy by the Archaeological Institute of Tübingen (Germany) and the Classics Dept. of the University of Cincinnati (Ohio)
  • English-German
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  • Soprintendenza Archeologia di Pompei
    www2.pompeiisites.org/database/pompei/pompei2.nsf
    The official website of Pompeii includes a virtual tour of Herculaneum, lots of images and info on recent discoveries, restorations, etc.
  • English-Italian
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  • Virtual Catalog of Roman Coins
    artemis.austincollege.edu/acad/cml/rcape/vcrc/
    Contain images and descriptions of coins from the Early Republic through the end of the 4th century A.D. as an introduction to the study of Roman history with links to De Imperatoribus Romanis and other online sources.
  • English
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