General Resources for the
Ancient Near East General Resources for the
Ancient Near East
ABZU
The best guide to the Ancient Near East prepared by the Oriental Institute of the
University of Chicago. Links to authors, institutions, museums,
libraries. Regional indexes (Turkey, Egypt, Mesopotamia)
Ancient Near East and Classic Studies
Database and search engine. Bar Ilan University
Ancient
Near East--Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Ancient
Near East Myth and History Developed by Gary Greenberg, author of The
Moses Mystery: African Origins of the Jewish People.
Ancient
Near East Net A wonderful portal, but in very early stages of
development
Ancient
Near Eastern Art Introduction Prepared by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ancient
World--Selected by K. C. Hanson All sorts of good references; will
lead you on and on
Ancient World Web More than
one thousand sites broken down into convenient categories: Archaeology,
Art, Language and Literature, Mythology, Science, etc.
Argos Search of Ancient and Medieval
Internet Sites This is a search engine for ancient
history. Subject to peer review.
Center for
Mid Eastern Studies at the University of Texas
Civilizations in the Eastern
Mediterranean in the Second Millennium BCE
Cleopatra--a Multimedia Guide
to the Ancient World Developed by the Art Institute of Chicago
Department
of Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch
Diotima:
Women & Gender in the Ancient World
Internet
Ancient History Sourcebook Fordham University; links to ANE.
Links2Go
Resources on the Ancient Near East The developers have scoured the
Internet to find the best sites.
Near
East--Ancient Classical History Many links to all kinds of resources
about Israel's neighbors.
Netherlands
Institute for the Near East
Okeanos
Website for classical, biblical, and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
Resources for Ancient Near Eastern
Studies Edited by Marco Bonechi. So far Third Millennium only
University
of Michigan Links to the Ancient Near East Wonderful resource!
Virtual
Religion Index--Ancient Near East--Rutgers University
Assyria and Babylonia Adapa and the Food of
Life
Assyria--outline
of its history, links to maps and other web sites
Assyrian
A web site devoted to the history and culture of Assyria.
Assyrian
Art Especially the campaign of Sennacherib.
Assyrian Texts
Transliterations in a database.
Assyro-Babylonian
Mythology FAQ Everything you might want to know about gods and
goddesses in ancient Mesopotamia
Babylonia
Babylonian
A web site devoted to the history and culture of Babylonia.
Babylonian
and Other ANE Texts keyed to Britannica. Page past the opening book
ads and get to the real wealth.
Babylonian Texts of the
First Millennium BCE The texts are mostly administrative, judicial,
and economic
Budge
and King, Annals of the Kings of Assyria 1902 translation
Canadian Society for
Mesopotamian Studies
Creative
Impulse--Mesopotamia Artists' view of world history.
Cuneiform
writing An introduction by the University of Pennsylvania
Electronic
Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
Gateways
to Babylon
K.
C. Hanson's Collection of Mesopotamian Documents
Isin
Larsa and Old Babylonian Periods Sometimes this site takes a long time
to load, but it is well worth the wait. The top of the site deals with the
Twelfth dynasty in Egypt. Page down to find Isin Larsa and the Old
Babylonian period.
Life
and Times of the Babylonians History, life and culture from the time
of Hammurabi
Links
related to Mesopotamia or Language Much of value here, but randomly
assembled
Neo-Assyrian Text
Corpus Project
Nippur,
city of Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago expedition
Sennacherib's
Palace without equal
Spiritual
Systems of Mesopotamia
Survey of
Mesopotamian History
Treasures
from the Royal Tombs of Ur A traveling exhibition organized by the
University of Pennsylvania.
Web Site Links to Mesopotamia
or Language A list of web sites dealing with Mesopotamia and
linguistics. Much of value here, but it is randomly assembled.
Write
Like a Babylonian See your own monogram as the Babylonians would have
written it.
Yale
Babylonian Collection
Canaan-Syria-Palestine Asherah
Studies--Review of Tilde Binger book
Baalism
in Canaanite Religion and its Relationship to the Old Testament
Battle
of Baal and Yam--Translation of Ugaritic epic
Bequest
Unearthed: Phoenicia
Canaan--The
Promised Land
Canaanite
Ugaritic Mythology FAQ
Edinburgh
Ras Shamra Site Everything you want to know about the Ugaritic Texts
from the University of Edinburgh
K.
C. Hanson's Collection of West Semitic Documents
Material Culture of Ancient Canaanites and
Israelites Developed by John Abercrombie from the excavations of the
University of Pennsylvania
Northwest Semitic Links
compiled by Reinhard Lehmann Hebrew, Aramaic, Ugaritic, Amorite,
Phoenician
Phoenician
alphabet
Phoenician
art
Qadash
Kinahnu Gateway to a Canaanite Phoenician Temple Over 85 rooms listed in
the temple directory. Canaanite and Phoenician history, mythology, and
ritual.
West
Semitic Research Project. Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical manuscripts, and
other ancient texts relating to the Bible. Image catalogues.
Egypt 
Click on "Egypt" to go to
a list of web sites.
Hittites Hittite
Hurrian Mythology FAQ
Hittites
A web site devoted to the history and culture of the Hittites.
K.
C. Hanson's Collection of Hittite Documents
Persia in Biblical Times
Achaemenid Royal
Inscriptions from the Oriental Institute
Achaemenid
Web Site The Achaemenid Dynasty ruled Persia during the time they
ruled Israel as a colony, from 539 BCE to 332 BCE, the coming of Alexander the
Great. Many resources, but in French.
Ancient
Iran--Persepolis--Persia
Characterization
of Cyrus the Great in Greek Sources
Iranian
Cultural Heritage
Parthian empire The Parthians
defeated Alexander the Great's successors, the Seleucids, conquered most of the
Middle East and southwest Asia, and built Parthia into an Eastern superpower.
Persepolis
and Persepolis
Persepolis
and Ancient Iran
Perseus Project--Resources for the
Classical World
Persian Art
Sumer
Early
Mesopotamia--Sumerian Art
Kings of Sumer and Akkad Starts out with Egyptian King Lists, but if you page down there is a wonderful section on Sumer and Akkad.
Sumerian
History, culture, religion
Sumerian
Literary Compositions
Sumerian Mythology
FAQ