Updated 7/19/05
Prehistoric cave painting at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc in the Ardèche region of France. 
The Chauvet Cave
ARCHAEOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY SITES
Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology
Archeology and Ethnography Program Home, NPS
Outline of Prehistory and History, Southeast Archaeological Center
Geologic Time Chart
VL - Archaeological Resource Guide for Europe
Voice of the Shuttle: Anthropology Page
National Anthropological Archives Home Page
Smithsonian: Archaeology and Ancient Cultures
Anthropology on the Internet For K-12
Voice of the Shuttle: Archaeology Page
Archaeology Resources
Art and Archaeology Magazine
Athena Review Main Index
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Archaeology Magazine
The Prehistoric Archaeology of the Aegean
Chucalissa Archaeological Museum and Reconstructed Village
Classics and Mediterranean Archaeology
DATABASE FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL POTTERY
Southwestern Archaeology (SWA)
Ancient American: Archaeology of the Americas before Columbus
Archaeology
Anthropology
Forensics in Anthropology
Virtual Archaeology
Dating Techniques
Archaeology Section
The Museum of Antiquities
FORVM ANTIQVVM: Roman Art and Archaeology - more on my Ancient Rome page.
Exploring Gender Through Archaeology - Table of Contents
Gender in Archaeology
Secrets of the Dead. Search for the First Human | PBS
Genetics and Human Migration Patterns
American Museum of Natural History
For info on Dinosaurs, check out my Other Subjects page under the Science section.
GENERAL ANCIENT HISTORY LINKS
PREHISTORY
Classroomtools.com Warm-up Activity - Is That A Fact? - Human - Dinosaur Co-existence?
TIMELINE: Ancient History
TIMELINE: World Map, 20,000-8000 B.C.
TIMELINE: Hominid Species
Prehistory to 3200 BC
Timeline, 45,000 BCE to 4 CE
CyberMuseum: Early Humans
A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution
A Science Odyssey: You Try It: Human Evolution: Lucy
"Lucy"
Handprint: Ancestral Lines - Human Evolution
Prehistory Chronology
The Long Foreground: Human Prehistory
Human Evolution: The Evolution of Hominids
Human Origins and Evolution in Africa
Overview of Human Origins
Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory
Stone Age Habitats
Stone Age Reference Collection
From the Stone Age to the Metal Age
Class Notes: Foraging Peoples
Europe of the Foragers
Foraging Societies
Could you survive as a Hunter/Gatherer?
Paleolithic Diet Page (Paleo Diet, Caveman Diet, Hunter/Gatherer Diet)
Primary Urban Society
UCMP Web Time Machine
Geologic Time Chart
Geology and Geologic Time
geologic time page
TIMELINE: Interactive Ages of the Earth
UCMP Glossary: virtual glossary of biological terms
The Precambrian
Introduction to the Hadean
The Archaean Era
The Proterozoic Era
Life of the Proterozoic Era
The Paleozoic Era
Life of the Paleozoic Era
Introduction to the Mesozoic Era
Life of the Mesozoic Era
DISPELLING DINOSAUR MYTHS - more on Dinosaurs on my Other Subjects page.
Introduction to the Cenozoic
Life of the Cenozoic
The Pleistocene
Ice Ages
douglas henderson's earth history illustrations
**** Ancient History Timelines
Poppa's Ancient World
The Beginning of Settled Agriculture 8,000 to 6,500 BC
The Origins of Agriculture and Crop Domestication
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON AGRICULTURAL ORIGINS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
Origins of Agriculture
Agricultural Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
Agricultural Village
Agricultural Revolution - Technology
The Paleolithic Diet Page
History of Farming
Human Prehistory
Kennewick Man
The Beginnings of Stonehenge
Ancient Ireland
North American Prehistory
Easter Island Virtual Tour
80 Easter Island Links
The Great Bronze Age of China
Observing Prehistoric Women
Prehistoric Construction of Mothering
Matriarchy: history or reality?
Italian iceman goes on show
Discover: The Iceman Goeth.
Tattooed Mummies of the Bronze Age
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies | The Iceman's Last Meal
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies of the Inca | Mummies of the World
Prehistory Section
CNN.com - Ancient skull challenges human origins - July 10, 2002
A new hominid from the Upper Miocene of Chad, Central Africa
ROOTS OF HUMAN FOSSIL TREE DEEPEN
Medicine through Time - Prehistoric - The History of Medicine - Prehistoric Man
COMPREHENSIVE SITES
(Includes links to many cultures)
TIMELINE: Ancient History
TIMELINE & INFO: Some Ancient Civilizations
TIMELINE: Ancient Civilizations
TIMELINE: Ancient Art History
TIMELINE: Classical Education & the Arts - 5000 BC-450 AD
MAPS: Index of Places in Ancient Times
MAPS: places from antiquity to 2000 CE
MAPS: ancient warfare index
***** The Amazing Ancient World - Premier Ancient Civilization Internet Book - a FABULOUS site! If you don't find here, you won't find it anywhere!
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Main Page
**** Ancient Civilizations Coloring Book - Color many famous buildings in Ancient History!
The Ancient World
The Amazing Ancient World - BRIDGES BETWEEN ANCIENT CULTURES
**** Timeline of Ancient Civilizations
TIMELINE: The Mediterranean Basin
**** Ancient History Timelines
Ancient Classical History - Comprehensive Ancient Greek and Roman History Site
CyberMuseum: Ancient Mysteries
What Is Culture? and What is Civilization?
Crystalinks: Ancient and Lost Civilizations
Lectures on Ancient and Early Medieval History - Main
Introduction to Ancient History
**** All Empires - CHART: Empires in History - History
Warfare in the Ancient World
Illustrated Ancient History
Ancient Worlds
Ancient Cultures
***** The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Location of the Seven Wonders
The Seven Wonders: Other monuments
The Seven Wonders of the World bought to you by the Cleveleys Website
theOrigins.com - Ancient Wonder Introduction
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
The Ancient Period: 50,000 BC to AD 500 Timeline
Settled Agriculture: 8,000 to 6,500 BC
Ancient History Links
Primary Urban Society
River Valley Civilizations: 3200 BC- AD 200
Ancient River Civilizations Links
Ancient Mesopotamia: 7000 to 550 BC
Classical Empires 3200-550 BC
Fall and Rise of Empires: 1100-465
Era of the Smaller Civilizations
The Mediterranean Basin
Empires Past
Odyssey Online
The Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania
LIVIUS
Ancient Civilizations
Traditions of Magic in Late Antiquity
This Day in Ancient History - updated daily!
History of Mathematics Home Page
CLASSICS SUBJECT GUIDE
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
**** World Cultures: GLOSSARY - fabulous site for finding out definitions relating to ancient history.
Welcome to "FOCUS" Online Magazine of the Mediterranean World
Worlds of Late Antiquity (O'Donnell)
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
The Ancients First Use of Money
The History of Plumbing - Roman and English Legacy
The Classical World
Historical Collections - Antiqua Medicina: From Homer to Vesalius
Death on Display in the Ancient World
Ancient/Classical History - Definitive Collection of Net Links
Ancient Empires art & gifts of ancient Egypt, Rome, Greek, Gothic & Medieval
Ancient Philosophy Index
Ancient Civilizations Activities
DR. J'S ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD
The Legacy of the Horse - THE FIRST HORSES
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Ancient History in the Movies
History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day
HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY
Mare Nostrum: Other Civilizations
CyberMuseum: Ancient Mysteries
China - The Empire of Ancient China and Japan. More available on my Non-Western Cultures page.
ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS - MAYA, MIXTEC, ZAPOTEC, & AZTEC - for more, visit my Meso and Latin America page.
For much more, check out my Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, and Ancient Rome pages.
ANCIENT ART, MUSIC, & THEATER
TIMELINE: Art History - The World (BC/BCE) - TIMELINE: Art History - The World (AD/CE)
TIMELINE: Ancient Art History
TIMELINE: Classical Education & the Arts - 5000 BC-450 AD
McDougal Littell NetActivities: Cave Art
The cave of Lascaux
The Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc
Ice Age Art - ICE AGE ART GAME
ASSYRIAN WINGED BULLS
Music of the Ancient Near East
Ancient Music Instruments
Origins of Theatre
FOR MUCH MORE, CHECK OUT MY Art by Period, Music Periods and Composers, Literature and Drama (Drama section) PAGES.
ALSO, CHECK OUT SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS & CULTURES ON MY TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE.
MAPS
MAPS: places from antiquity to 2000 CE
MAPS: Index of Places in Ancient Times
MAPS: ancient warfare index
Ancient Maps Cover Page
Ancient Map Web List
Classical Atlas Project -- Home Page
Ancient World Mapping Center
MAPS of Ancient Trade Routes
MAP: the Fertile
Crescent, 9000 to 4500 BCE.
MAP: Mesopotamia
MAP: Empire of Sargon
MAP: West Asia to 1200 BC
More can be found on my Maps, Flags, Timelines page & on specific topic/time period pages on my table of contents page.
VARIOUS TOPICS & CULTURES
Did you know? Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups.
Ancient Trade Routes - more Ancient Trade Routes
Ancient Coins - Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.
Skara Brae - The Discovery and Excavation of Orkney's finest Neolithic Settlement
The Neolithic Village at Skara Brae
Southeast Asian Monuments: Angkor Wat - More on Ancient Asia on my Non-Western Cultures page.
Mysterious Places
Diotima: Women & Gender in the Ancient World
Women - Ancient/Classical History Net Links
The Atrium: For Devotees of Ancient Greece & Rome - for much more, visit my Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome pages.
Ancient Medicine: Homer, Hippocrates, Galen, and Vesalius
Medicine through Time - Prehistoric
Medicine Through Time
Ancient Technologies
Ancient Food Preparation
Valley of the Ancients
Ancient Games: An Introduction in the Form of an Invitation
Ancient Western Asia and the Civilization of Mesopotamia
New Societies in Mesopotamia
The Akkadians, Egyptians and the Hebrews
Ancient Ireland
Pictish Nation
Ancient Law
Law - Ancient/Classical History - Net Links
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Ancient Legal Texts
Bernard Hibbitts - Readings - Ancient Law Seminar
The Timetable of World Legal History
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies of the Inca | Mummies of the World
NOVA Online | Treasures of the Sunken City
NOVA Online | Mystery of the First Americans
WAR - WEAPONS - SHIPS -
TRANSPORTATION - TRADE - TECHNOLOGY
MAPS: ancient warfare index
Wars & Conflicts: Ancient Military History & Warfare - Links
Ancient Warfare
Ancient Composite Bows
Society of Ancient Military Historians Home Page
Ancient Ships
In Search of Ancient Seafarers in the Arabian Gulf
Phoenician Ships
Ancient Trade Routes
MAPS of Ancient Trade Routes
Met Timeline | Ancient Trade Routes
SILK ROAD CHRONOLOGY
Lost Cities of the Silk Road
The Silk and Spice Routes
The silkroad foundation
The Geography of the Silk Road
Silk Road - The Silk Trade
China: Dim Sum: Silk Road Information
Smith College Museum of Ancient Inventions
THE EVOLUTION OF WRITING AND THE ALPHABET
Ancient Scripts of the World
AncientScripts.com: Timeline
Ryan-Ancient Languages and Scripts
History of Writing
Omniglot - a guide to abjads, alphabets, syllabaries and other writing systems
Evolution of Alphabets
Evolution of Cuneiform Characters - more on cuneiform in the section on Mesopotamia below.
Sinaitic to Phoenician
Evolution of Phoenician Characters - more info below in the section on "The Phoenicians."
Phoenician to Arabic Characters
Evolution of Greek Characters
Evolution Alphabet from the Phoenician to Latin Characters
Evolution of Hebrew Characters from Phoenician via Aramaic
Greek to Cyrillic
A Short Introduction to Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphic alphabet
The Hieroglyphic Alphabet
Hieroglyphics
Middle Egyptian - Great site for info Hieroglyphs
Your name in Hieroglyphs
Write Like a Babylonian
THE ARTICULATORY BASIS OF THE ALPHABET
AncientScripts.com: Old Persian
The History of Printing
Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Evolution of Picture Writing
Phoenician alphabet
The Origin of the Alphabet
Art of Arabic Calligraphy
Ukindia Learning to read Arabic
Hebrew alphabet
hebrew letters by sarahleah - find your name in Hebrew (just follow the links).
THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY
Harappa: The Indus Valley and the Raj in India and Pakistan
Ancient Indus Valley Civilization: Harappa, Mohenjo-daro
Harappan Civilization
India 3000BC - AD 1750
Aryan Migrations: 1500-1200 BC
India 3000BC - AD 1750
Ancient Indus Valley Script: Contents
Mahadevan 1: Intro/Rise and fall of the Indus Civilization
Lesson Plan (World History) for teaching about the Indus Valley Civilization
For more, please visit the section on INDIA on my Non-Western Cultures page.
THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST - FERTILE CRESCENT - BABYLONIA - SUMER - MESOPOTAMIA - ASSYRIA - AKKADIANS
ETANA - Ancient Near East Archives
Mesopotamia - The British Museum - Menu
MAP: the Fertile Cresent, 9000 to 4500 BCE.
MAP: Mesopotamia
MAP: Empire of Sargon
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Mesopotamia
Ancient Western Asia and the Civilization of Mesopotamia
CHART: Central Events in the Ancient Near East
New Societies in the Ancient Middle East
The Ancient Hebrews between Assyria and Egypt
Ancient Near East: Internet Resources
Ancient Mesopotamia: 7000 to 550 BC
Several sites on Mesopotamia - Mesopotamia - Mesopotamia
Ancient Mesopotamia
Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent Presentations
Ancient Mesopotamia
Sumer
The Mesopotamian Roots of Western Civilization
ROMARCH--Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Judaea & Arabia
CyberMuseum: Mesopotamia(Sumer, Babylon, Assyria)
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE VIRTUAL MUSEUM MESOPOTAMIAN IMAGE MENU
The Avalon Project: The Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi's Code
The Code of Hammurabi
The Law Code of Hammurabi on Trade, Slavery, Household, Miscellaneous
Gilgamesh Summary
The "Epic of Gilgamesh:" An Outline
Themes of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh Themes
Web Resources for The Epic of Gilgamesh
Epic of Gilgamesh
The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ - Gilgamesh
THE FLOOD OF NOAH AND THE FLOOD OF GILGAMESH
A possible source of the Noah's Flood story
COMPARISON OF BABYLONIAN AND NOAHIC FLOOD STORIES
Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and The Epic of Gilgamesh
Sumerian literature: ETCSL: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
Evolution of Cuneiform Characters
Proverbs in Sumerian Cuneiform
cuneiform.net
Write Like a Babylonian
Cuneiform Writing @ University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Cuneiform numbers
Mesopotamian Mathematics
Web Site Links Related to Mesopotamia or Language
The History of Plumbing (Babylonia)
The Sumerian King List
Kings of Egyptian New Kingdom, Babylonia, Assyria, Hittites, etc.
Ancient History Sourcebook: A Collection of Mesopotamian Laws, c. 2250 - 550 BCE
Ethics of Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian Empires
The UnMuseum - Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
ASSYRIAN WINGED BULLS
ASSYRIA ONLINE!
The Assyrian Kings List
Early Mesopotamian Art
The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ
Sumerian Mythology FAQ
Canaanite/Ugaritic Mythology
Hittite/Hurrian Mythology
Sumerian Mythology - Sumerian Gods and Goddesses - more info on my Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts page.
Collapse -- Mesopotamia
THE BARBARIANS
The Barbarian Keep
Barbarians
Anglo-Saxon Heathenism
Tribal Migrations: Germanic Tribes Fight Rome
THE ORIGIN AND DEEDS OF THE GOTHS
For more on Barbarians, check out my Western Civilization page.
EARLY JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY
MAP: Israel and Judah to 733 BCE
MAP: The Hebrews - The Major Cities and Regions of Ancient Israel
The New Jerusalem Mosaic
The Hebrews
The Torah
The Ancient Hebrews between Assyria and Egypt
Main Events In The History Of Jerusalem Timeline
Old Testament Life and Literature
Hebrew alphabet
Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
Scrolls from the Dead Sea (Library of Congress Exhibition) - Dead Sea -- Intro - Dead Sea Scrolls - Qumran Library
Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins
The Ecole Initiative: Early Church History of the Web
Early Church Fathers
For more info on Judaism, check out the section on the Middle East on my Non-Western Cultures page. Also, visit my Religions page.
For more on early Christianity, drop by my Ancient Rome and Religions pages.
THE PHOENICIANS
The Phoenicians
The Ancient Phoenicians
PHOENICIANS - Sea Traders
Phoenician Ships
Phoenicians
Phoenicia
The Phoenicians
Phoenicians
Phoenicians @ National Geographic Magazine
Phoenicians overview
Sinaitic to Phoenician - the alphabet
Evolution of Phoenician Characters - the alphabet. More on Phoenician writing above in the section on "The Evolution of Writing."
The Evolution of the Phoenician Alphabet
Table of Phoenician Alphabet, Names of Letter, Phonetics, Derivatives
Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Phoenician Alphabet
Phoenician alphabet
Phoenicia, Phoenicians: Evolution of Picture Writing
The Phoenicians and Carthage
A Bequest Unearthed, Phoenicia and the Phoenicians, Punic, Canaanites
PERSIAN
EMPIRE
History of Iran: Historic Periods & Events
Welcome to Ancient Near East.com
Ancient Islam - History for Kids!
Persian Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
History of Iran: The Early Years of Sassanid Empire
History of Iran: Parthian Empire
THE IRANIAN: History, early religions, "History of the Persian Empire"
Persian Empire History
Articles on ancient Persia
PERSEPOLIS
The Splendor of Persia
Muslim Scientists and Islamic Civilization
Glimpses of Islamic Civilization
ArabNet - The Resource for the Arab World in the Middle East and North Africa
AncientScripts.com: Old Persian
Information About Zoroastrianism
Also, check out the section above on the "Fertile Crescent."
For more on the Middle East, visit my Non-Western Cultures page.
FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome - Also has info on the Byzantine Empire.
The Classics
Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts
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