| A Web page devoted to the study of humanities, offering many links to humanities topics: archaeology, anthropology, architecture, art, general humanities, history, linguistics, literature, minority studies, philosophy, religous studies, women's studies, and more.
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UNESCO World Heritage List
Links to images and information on world reknowned historical places like the Acropolis of Athens, India's Taj Mahal, Hadrian's Wall in England, and much more.
Shore Line Trolley Museum
Exhibits the Shore Line Trolley museum of East Haven, CT. Provides information about museum operations, including hours and directions, as well as a tour of some streetcars in Shore Line's collection.
Shikhin
A site dedicated to helping find and identify the lost city of Shikhin in Israel. Presents the story of Shikhin, known for its pottery in its day, with text, pictures, and maps.
Romarch List Home Page
Provides a "crossroads for Web resources on the art and archaeology of Italy and the Roman provinces, from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 600." Offers many links to sites that contain images of Roman art and architecture.
Pirates
The page for swashbucklers and rogues, featuring facts, myths, and legends about piracy, the history of piracy, famous people, places and images conected to pirates.
Paris Museums
Contains images and information for more than 20 museums in Paris, including the Louvre, Centre Pompidou, L'Orangerie, Auguste Rodin, and la Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie.
Papyrology Home Page
Provides access to papyrology collections world-wide, literature from and concerning the collections, and images of papyri including fragments from the Book of the Dead.
Native American Cultural Resources on the Internet
A massive series of links to Native American sites. A good source of related history, documents, and current information.
The National Inventors Hall of Fame
Biographies, images, and inventions of famous inventors. Additional infomation on virtual exhibits and information on BFGoodrich's Collegiate Inventor's Program. An intersting stop.
Mutiny on the HMS Bounty
Images, information and links about what is probably the most famous mutiny of all.
The Museum Professional
Serves as a starting point for accessing online resources in the museum field. Includes links to museum Web site lists, virtual museums, and specialization resources. Has a new forum for people in the museum field to share information.
Musei
Provides around 600 images of holdings of the Vatican museums. Also offers links to hundreds of images of the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Stanze. Includes writings of John Paul II, access to News from the Holy SEE, and more.
Mithraism
Presents a look at Mithraism, a religion of the pre-Christian Roman Empire, for those interested in the roots of Western religion.
Media History, Studies, and Education
A large number of links to history as recorded by film and other media. Many intersting sites, from the Documentary Educational Resources to the National Public Broadcasting Archives, scholarly works on Chinese Cinema, the D-Day News Reels Archive, and more.
The Maya Astronomy Page
Focuses on Mayan civilization. Presents the Mayan creation story. Provides information about Mayan astronomy, mathematics, and their calendar. Offers links to other Mayan sites.
Maya
Includes history, geography, geology, astronomy, archaeology, anthropology and art forms related to the Americas before Christopher Columbus's discovery. Includes information on the Maya, Aztec, and American Indians.
Lords of the Earth: Maya/Aztec/Inca Exchange
History, geography and art relating to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas in the days before Columbus.
Mary Rose Virtual Maritime Museum
Offers a fascinating look at a recovered Tudor-period warship that sank in 1545. Provides links to other sites featuring ships of old.
The Maritime History Virtual Archives
Includes an archive on maritime history, organized under topics such as ships, shipbuilding, rigging, health of seamen, and seamanship. Also includes images of various vessels and links to other maritime sites. Provides versions in Swedish and English.
James B. Ross' Home Page
Serves as a starting point for exploring history sites on the Internet. Offer an incredible amount of links.
Intentional Communities
Seeks to be an inclusive title for information on ecovillages, cohousing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, and other related projects.
Index of /expo/
Provides an index to exhibits that include the Library of Congress's "Scrolls of the Dead Sea," "The 'Palace' of Diocletian at Split," and exhibits of paleontology, the Soviet Union, the Vatican and more. Offers a list of terms relating to Middle Eastern and classical terms. Includes downloadable .JPEG and .GIF files.
The History of Costume by Braun
An online version of an old German book that features fashion through the ages, from Egypt to Russing folk dress of the late nineteenth century. Excellent graphics.
History Computerization Project
Provides a database for libraries, historians, museums, libraries and more, dedicated to the exchange of historical information. Includes access to many other directories of interest.
The Historical Text Archive
Archives historical texts from various countries and periods. Includes a large collection from the United States. Offers many links to other historical resources.
The Heritage Post Interactive
Tidbits of Canadian history and information about current Canada. Features documents and images.
Gangsters!
If you want information on gangsters, start here. Offers history, images, biographies of criminals and crime fighters, a bibliography of organized crime in print and on film, and links to related sites.
Castles on the Web
Provides a collection of sites that offer information about and pictures of castles from around the world.
BUBL Information Service Web Server
Offers links to various history sites on the Net. Includes many topics other than history. Contains links to Russian, Vietnam War, United States, French and Indian War, Viking, medieval, and Civil War historical sites.
Ari's Today Page
A great source of information for what happened today in history. Features birthdays of famous people, historical inforamtion and important calendar days for the Jewish and Muslim faiths as well as important US oriented dates.
Arctic Circle
Maps, information, and images of the circumpolar north, including history, culture, and current events. Strap on your snow shoes and take a look. Links to other pages.
ADFA History: History on the Internet
A gargantuan series of links to historical sites, with photos, documents and multimedia resources on virtually any historical subject.
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