The following links are not intended to be a comprehensive
list of archaeological web sites. Apart from a few staff picks, it includes
indexes to archaeological web sites and the home pages of archaeological
organizations and journals.
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British Academy -
Overseas Institutes and Societies |
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Sponsoring institutions
engaged in academic research and fieldwork overseas. |
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| Council
for British Research in the Levant |
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Sponsoring a large
number of research projects in the Levant, including
archaeological excavation, survey and publication. |
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| British
Institute of Archaeology at Ankara |
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Promoting and publishing
British research into the archaeology and related
subjects of Turkey and surrounding regions. |
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| The
Oriental Institute - University of Chicago |
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A museum and research
organization devoted to the study of the ancient Near
East. |
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| The
Griffith Institute |
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Specialists in Egyptology
and Ancient Near Eastern studies. |
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| Cyprus
American Archaeological Research Institute |
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Promoting the study
and greater awareness of the archaeology of Cyprus.
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| Archaeological
& Anthropological Society of Victoria |
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Lectures and outings to learn more about
archaeology and anthropology. |
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| Classical/Aegean |
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| Winged
Sandals |
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Greek Mythology
Website |
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| Linear
B at University of Cambridge |
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Cambridge has the single
most important Linear Breference collection and archives
in the worldand remains a major research centre. |
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| Egyptology |
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| Valley
of the Kings |
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The Valley of the Kings Foundation/Amarna
Royal Tombs Project |
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| Explore
Ancient Egypt |
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Egyptian art and
civilization |
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| Karnak
Hypostyle Hall Project |
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Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project |
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| Murnane
Denkschrift Articles |
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Murnane Denkschrift articles from the
University of Memphis |
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Discovery Channel |
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Classroom activities
specifically designed for children of all ages. |
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Learning Family |
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Learn about Language
in Egypt |
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| Ancient-Egypt.org |
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The Language and
history of Ancient Egypt |
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| Ancient
Egyptian Language |
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Learning the Ancient
Egyptian language. |
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| Neferchichi’s
Tomb |
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Shop for your favorite
Egyptomaniac |
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| Chamber
of Sennedjem |
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Computer reconstruction
of the burial chamber of Sennedjem |
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| Theban
Mapping Project |
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Comprehensive archaeological
database of Thebes incorporating modern surveying
techniques and 3-D computer models of the tombs. |
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| Egyptology |
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News and Gossip |
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| Thinkquest |
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Ancient Civilisations
and Archaaeology |
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| Georgia |
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| Wetcat |
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Online photography
of Bronze Age artefacts from Georgian State Museum,
Tbilisi |
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| Mesopotamia |
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| Schechhamad |
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A new WEB-site on TELL SHEIKH HAMAD, Middle-
and Neo-Assyrian: DUR-KATLIMMU, Late Neo- and Post-Assyrian:
MAGDALU, Hellenistic and Roman: MAGDALA |
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| Gateways
to Babylon |
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Introduction to
Mesopotamia |
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| University
of California |
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Cuneiform Digital
Library Initiative |
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| University
of Pennsylvania Museum |
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About Cuneiform
Writing |
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| Cuneiform
Writing System |
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Learn about the
Akkadian script |
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| Fortune
City |
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Introduction to
the Culture of Nippur |
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| ETANA |
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Electronic Tools
and Ancient Near Eastern Archives |
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| Cos/ANET
Index |
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An index to the
common texts in the Hallo Context of Scripture volumes
and Pritchard's ANET |
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| Babylonian
Nineveh Texts |
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Information
from Assyriologie, University of Heidelberg |
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| Iraq
Bibliographies |
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Compiled by the
Oriental Institute in response to the crisis in Iraq
during and after the war in Spring 2003 |
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| Syria
& Levant |
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| Mishrifeh/Qatna |
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Joint Syria-Italian Mission to Mishrifeh/Qatna
is now online. Accessible in Arabic, English and Italian. |
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| Museums |
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| The
British Museum |
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One of the World's finest collections
of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures.
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| The
Petrie Museum |
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One of the greatest collections
of Egyptian and Sudanese archaeology in the world. It
illustrates life in the Nile Valley from prehistory
through the time of the pharaohs, the Ptolemaic, Roman
and Coptic periods to the Islamic period. |
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| Photos
and Maps |
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| Ancient
World Mapping Centre |
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A collection of
free digital maps for educational use |
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| Wetcat |
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Online photography of Bronze Age artefacts
from Georgian State Museum, Tbilisi |
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| Journals |
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| American
Journal of Archaeology |
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Flagship publication
of the American Institute of Archaeology and one of
the world's most distinguished journals of archaeological
scholarship. |
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| Biblical
Archaeology Review |
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Biblical Archaeology
Review connects the academic study of archaeology
to a broad general audience eager to understand the
world of the Bible. |
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Continuum
- Aramaic Studies
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Aramaic Studies
brings all aspects of Aramaic language and literature
together to help shape the field of Aramaic Studies
more clearly. |
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| Archaeology |
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Also published by
the American Institute of Archaeology, Archaeology
magazine covers worldwide archaeology, written by
professionals for the general public. |
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| Bible
Review |
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A magazine of Biblical
insights and exquisite art, Bible Review gives the
popular reader first-rate, reader-friendly Biblical
scholarship |
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| Ancient
Near Eastern Studies Journal |
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Published by the University of Melbourne,
this journal is refereed and accepts original articles
devoted to the study of languages and cultures of the
ancient Near East. |
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| Excavations |
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| Bibliography
of Archaeological Excavations in the Southern Levant |
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| Tell
el Borg(Sinai) |
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| Johns
Hopkins University at Luxor |
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| Hemma
Plateau (Syria) |
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| North
Eastern Anatolia Archaeological Project |
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Ramat Rachel |
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The results of the 2006 and 2007 excavation
seasons at Ramat Rachel (and links to the Hebrew and
English publications of the 2005 season in Hadashot
Arkheologiyot) are now published online in the new and
updated internet site of the project |
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| Books
and Online Resources |
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| Oxford
Scholarship Online |
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A comprehensive
collection of scholarly books in the humanities and
social sciences searchable online. |
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| University
of Chicago Digital Library |
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| Biblical
Studies on the Web |
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Online biblical
libraries, journals, theology, commentary and more! |
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| Oxbow
Books |
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Online bookshop
for everything on Archaeology, Prehistory, the Classical
World, and many more disciplines! |
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| Archaeologia |
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The Archaeology
of the Ancient Near East |
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| Wetcat |
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Website Design,
database development, online cataloguing and photography
for archaeological insitutions and projects. |
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| Biblical
Archaeology |
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| The
Bible and Interpretation |
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Dedicated to delivering
the latest news, features, editorials, commentary,
archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant
to the study of the Bible. |
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| www.awilum.com/ |
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Field forward thinking,
teaching and resource network for Bible and ancient
Near East |
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| Metallurgy
and Mining History |
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| The
Historical Metallurgy Society |
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Provides a forum
for exchange of information and research in historical
metallurgy. |
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| Institute
for Archaeo-Metallurgical Studies - Institute of Archaeology,
London |
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Initiates and promotes
research into the origins and developments of metallurgy
and its culture-historical significances. |
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| Deutschen
Bergbau-Museums Bochum |
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| Papyri |
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APIS
Advanced Papyrological Information System
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APIS links together
in a single environment various sources of information
about texts written on papyrus and the society that
produced them |
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| The
Duke Papyrus Archive |
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The Duke Papyrus
Archive provides electronic access to texts about
and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt.
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| The
Tebtunis Papyri Collection - University of California |
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Supporting and promoting
new research, graduate student training and international
collaboration in the decipherment of the largely unstudied
Tebtunis Papyri. |
