General Ancient History!

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures.
• Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics.
• Diogene's Links to the Ancient World.
• Mayan Hieroglyphic Syllabary. Turns out the Egyptians weren't the only "cryptic" writers...
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Index

Ancient Egypt!

• The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology.
• Diogene's Links to the Ancient World.
• Babylonian and Egyptian Mathematics.
• Djoser Complex. Archaeology of the Djoser pyramid site.
• Louvre, Paris: Eyptian Treasures Exhibit.
• 3-D Reconstruction of Ancient Egyptian Mummy! 3-D Computer x-ray imaging of a real, undisturbed mummy from the time of the height of the mummifying arts. Warning: lots of big pictures, but it's worth it!
• Senet for Windows. Download and play the board game enjoyed by Tutankhamun! Shareware.
• Archaeological Survey in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
• Reading Hieroglyphs - the First Steps.

Ancient Greece and Rome!

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures.
• Historical Museum of Crete.
• Greek Astronomy Exhibit.
• Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet. Look for Herodotus' Tacitus' and Thucydides' histories here in e-book form. Be forewarned if you call these up - they are over 1 MEG each!
• Diogene's Links to the Ancient World.
• Archaeological Museum of Bologna.
• Vatican Museum in Rome.
• ROMARCH List Home Page. Lists of Ancient Rome resources on the net.
• Rome Resources. More Roman resources on the net!
• The Warfare and Tactics of the Roman Republic.
• Kelsey Museum Educational and Outreach Programs. Ancient and Roman history resources, maps of the ancient world online!

Vikings!

• The Viking Home Page
• Viking Art and Ornamentation.
• Leif Ericson Vikingship.

Medieval and Renaissance!

• DScriptorium Home Page. Historical Texts.
• Medieval Arts and Science.
• Pre 1700 Works.
• Articles Concerned With The Middle Ages.
• Virtual Library for Medieval Studies.
• European Texts and Images from Before 1620.
• Gregorian Chant Home Page. All about the Gregorian Chant.
• The Labyrinth WWW Home Page.
• The Magna Carta.
• Project Aldus - A Renaissance Archive and Resource Page.
• The Atrium. Very large site. Lots of interesting information and links.
• Castles on the Web. What are the Middle Ages without Castles? You'll find dozens of them here!
• Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia.
• Secrets of the Norman Invasion. Scholarly work on the Norman Invasion, mostly centered upon locating the actual site.
• From Idylls of the King - The Passing of Arthur.
• Petrarch's Sonnets and Canzone. Rennaisance poetry.
• Edinburgh Castle.

American History!

• From Revolution to Reconstruction A very good, though somewhat incomplete, page full of information about America History from the colonial period to World War I.
• George Washington Papers in Virginia

• Nathan Hale and those surrounding him

• The Thomas Jefferson Project

• Benjamin Franklin: Glimpses of the Man in Philadelphia, PA

• World War 1 History Page. Great history resource page for WW1 history buffs. Posters, reference library, document archive and lots more. Very well designed, too! A pleasure to surf.
• Benjamin Franklin Ferris Memoirs of a gentleman who lived from 1838 to around 1910.
• Daniel Webster-Dartmouth's Favorite Son Exhibit detailing the life of Dartmouth's most famous alumni.
• Speeches from History, sound files.
• The Papers of George Washington. Excerpts from letters and other papers giving insight into the daily life of our Founding Father.
• U.S. Presidents Welcome Page. Highlights of each administration.
• The World of Benjamin Franklin. Historical Exhibit from the Franklin Institute.
• U.S. History Documents. All kinds of documents from our nation's history!
• 1492 Exhibit. A perspective on the life and times of Christopher Columbus.
• The Cotton Mather Home Page.
• The First Ladies.
• The Wild West Home Page. Bad guys, good guys, Indians, Cavalry...

The Civil War!

• 19th Alabama at Chickamauga.
• Civil War Documents and Books.
• Civil War Era Diary.
• Civil War Information- Documents- and Archive.
• Civil War Letters of Richard W. Burt of the 76th Ohio Infantry.
• Gettysburg Address.
• Letters Home from a Soldier in the U. S. Civil War.
• Selected Civil War Photographs Home Page. Large site, filled with photographs. I believe the front page said there are around 1800 of them!
• The American Civil War Homepage.
• Civil War Photographs
• American Civil War Homepage
• American Civil War Maps and Exhibits

African-American History Index

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World History!

• World Fact Book from the CIA
• 18th Century Works History, biographies, works written in the 18th Century
• Soviet Archives documents from the Cold War Era
• Historical Text Archive
• The European Renaissance check out the Resources & References section
• History of Western Civilization Resources
• World Cultures Glossary
• Fall of the Berlin Wall
• French History

Newspapers On-Line!

• the Nando Times Newspaper

Social Science

• Meyers Briggs Personality Type Sorter

I need your help. If you have ideas, general suggestions, or additional sites that would be of help please pass them along and I will add them in the appropriate areas. Send your comments to:jbrennan@foxcroft.pvt.k12.me.us

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