The links found on this page offer a tremendous amount of educational content for those interested in ancient world history. For now, this page focuses on Mesopotamian, Greek, Roman, and Egyptian histories. Eventually, additional regions will be added. I have endeavored to list sites which offer primary documents or other rare and unique resource material. This list is not comprehensive, the web has grown too much for me to achieve that goal, however, many of the listed sites provide their own links to similar pages of interest. My aim is to provide a starting point for your research journey, so before beginning your search, please bookmark this page so you can always return again.

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The Ancient World

	ABZU Regional Index: Mesopotamia	A great resource for the serious scholar, however most of the texts are not translated.
	The Internet Classics Archive:	Great archive of classical Greco-Roman literature. Fully Searchable!
	Electronic Library for Ancient Historians:	Greek & Latin electronic texts and documents.
	Armarium Labyrinthi-Labyrinth Latin Bookcase:	Generous Listing of Greek & Latin texts
	Perseus Project-Tufts University:	Digital library of ancient texts and their translations--Much More! Searchable Database.
	The Avalon Project:	Documents in Law, History, & Government. A few good ancient source materials here. Searchable!
	The Olympians:	An interesting page on the mythical gods of Mt. Olympus. This listing provides both Greek & Roman names and much more!
	Athena: Authors & Texts	Over 3600 books online.
	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook	Great site.

Mesopotamia

	Hammurabi's Code of Laws	The first known written law code, trans. by L.W. King.
	The Qumran Library	Contains fragments from the "Dead Sea Scrolls." Images and translations are available.
	Akkadian Language	Babylonian and Assyrian cuneiform texts, an introduction collected by John Heise.
	Nippur at the Center of the World	A very interesting site covering the ancient Sumerian holy city of Nippur. Includes map images and a bibliography for further study.
	The Nippur Expedition	Contains articles and annual excavation reports.

Greece

	The Ancient City of Athens:	A photographic archive of archaeological & architectural remains of structures built in ancient Athens
	Centre for the Study of Ancient Documents-Imaging Projects	Great original images of Greek stone documents, but no translations available.
	Ships of the Greeks on the WWW:	Includes 24 images of Greek ships, but ships are not annotated individually.
	Greek Civilization Home Page:	A very good site designed for Middle School Students aged 11-14 years.
	Ancient Greek Literature	Includes Aesop's Fables & more.

Rome

	De Imperatoribus Romanis:	An online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors & More! (*Slow server response--keep trying if timed out.)
	Maps and Codices of the Roman Empire:	A small site but informative.

Egypt

	Duke Papyrus Archive	Includes texts and over 1,373 papyri images.
	The House of Ptolemy	Annotated infobase of the Ptolemaic, Roman Imperial, & Byzantine rulers of Egypt.
	The Egyptian Book of the Dead	Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge.
	Egypt	Annotated architectural images of ancient Egypt.
	Maps and Other Images of Ancient Egypt	Several sources of information here.
	A History of Christianity in Egypt	Very informative.
	The National Museums of Scotland Mummy Project	Great reference site including images.
	History of Egypt	Good secondary source material
	Who's Who of Egypt	Excellent secondary source material: includes original images.

Still Can't Find That Elusive Bit of History That is Needed?
Try These Links!

	Mesopotamia	A great resource link page. Well annotated.
	The Ancient World Web-Main Index	Excellent searchable database of ancient history sites.
	The Ancient World:	A huge listing of ancient history sites. (*very slow loading but worth the wait.)

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The sample of ancient Greek music was provided by The Ellada Site "Plainte de Tecmessa" is a recreation sample based on the instruments and written documents of the epoch.