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This category lists sites and pages devoted to the Ancient world, from the dawn of civilization to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE (including the so-called "Antique" or "Classical" periods of Europe). The civilizations of ancient Rome, Egypt, Greece and Macedonia (including Minos and Mycenae), Mesopotamia (including Sumeria, Babylonia, and Assyria), and Persia (including Media, Pathia, and Sassania) are included here. Other Bronze Age civilizations, such as the ancient civilizations of the Americas, Africa, and the Orient, are linked to this category as well.
http://www.pegasusarchive.org/ancientbritain/
Photographs and information on burial chambers, chalk figures, henges, hill forts, mounds, roads, and settlements..
http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/
The British Museum uses objects in its collection to explore the cities, buildings technology, trade, religion and writing of the ancient world. Includes maps.
http://www.lost-civilizations.net/ancient-civilizations.html
Collected materials and essays.
http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/txt/
A source for on-line text documents.
http://www.ancientworlds.net/
Includes information on several civilizations and message forums with additional features to subscribers.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/
Provides articles, quizzes and other sources related to the ancient world.
http://antiquity.ac.uk/
Quarterly journal of archaeological research with an archive, gallery, FAQ, events and announcement, and reviews.
http://www.classicsunveiled.com/
A comprehensive source of information for classical studies incorporating various aspects of Greek mythology, Roman history, Roman life and Latin vocabulary and derivatives.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/
Learn what happens when a society collapses, and how archaeologists find and interpret evidence.
http://www.earth-history.com/
An online text that explores the theory of ancient times and dawn of mankind, and includes translations of several ancient texts from Sumer, Babylonia, the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and sacred texts.
http://www.historylink101.com/
Explores the art, biographies, daily life, maps, pictures, and research of the ancient and prehistoric world.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.asp
Links to visual and aural material with emphasis on access to primary source texts for educational purposes.
http://www.livius.org/
Article and photographs on sites, cities, civilizations, and empires.
http://www.parsaworld.com/
A comprehensive site on ancient Iran from the time of Achaemenids through the Parthians to the Sassanids, and includes articles, images, forum and links to resources.
http://australis.www2.50megs.com/caesarea/Caesarea.html
Using computer generated imagery, explore Herod's masterpiece in Judea.
http://www.sf-fandom.com/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?&daysprune=9999&forumid=27
Moderated for discussion for times up to circa 600 C.E.
http://www.omnibusol.com/ancient.html
Weaving the various ancient civilizations together in one narrative.
http://fsmitha.com/h1/
Electronic texts on civilizations including maps..
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-63448/
Collection of articles and links.
http://www.ancient-world.org/
Links to associations, museums, and ancient civilizations
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