Ancient Near East History: Web Resources

This site started as a research project during a master of arts class in ancient history.

Getty exhibits and contextual information.

"ETANA is envisioned to include the permanent archiving, dissemination and generation of both front- and back-end stages of scholarly knowledge (such as archaeological excavation reports, editions of ancient and modern texts, core early monographs, dictionaries, journals, and reports in the public domain), a portal to ANE Web resources, an electronic commons where scholars in the field can share data and images, and eventually an electronic publishing effort for "born digital" publications."

"Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world." ABZU is part of the ETANA web project (see above)

"The Oriental Institute is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of the ancient Near East. Founded in 1919 by James Henry Breasted, the Institute, a part of the University of Chicago, is an internationally recognized pioneer in the archaeology, philology, and history of early Near Eastern civilizations."

"Ancient History Encyclopedia is a non-profit educational website with the mission to provide the best ancient history information on the internet for free. We exist as a reference to ancient history educators, students, and enthusiasts. All contributions to this website are submitted and reviewed by expert volunteers who wish to share their knowledge."