Interesting Links

1. Discussion Groups

2. Classical Blogs

3. Ancient History

• Websites

• Electronic Editions of Historical Books

4. Greek Numismatics

• On-Line Collections of Museums, Numismatic Societies and Universities

• Electronic Editions of Numismatic Books and Studies

• Other Information Sources and Collections

5. Architecture, Linguistics, Music, Poetry and Philosophy

6. Museums

• On-Line Exhibitions of Antiquities

• Museums Not Mentioned in the Previous Sections

1. Discussion Groups: Alexander Coins (YAHOO! Groups); Dedicated to the study of the coinage of Alexander the Great.; ANE 2 (YAHOO! Groups); A moderated academic discussion list that focuses on topics and issues of interest in Ancient Near Eastern Studies, from the Indus to the Nile, and from the beginnings of human habitation to the rise of Islam.; Classics-L (University of Kentucky); Classical Greek and Latin Discussion Group.; Hellenistica (YAHOO! Groups); For exploring Hellenistic history and culture from the times of Alexander to the last Kleopatra, as well as Canaanite and Carthaginian topics from the same period and beyond.; Iranica-L (YAHOO! Groups); Devoted to discussing all aspects of the history of Iran from the earliest times to the advent of Islam, covering the pre-Median epoch, the Median and the Achaemenid Empires, the period of Iran’s cccupation under Alexander III of Macedon, diadochi, and the Seleucids, the Kingdom of Persis, the Parthian and the Sasanian Empires, the Elamite and Characenean Kingdoms, etc. See also The Arsacids (YAHOO! Groups).; Moneta-L (YAHOO! Groups); Dedicated to the joys of ancient coin collecting. The period covered extends from the earliest coinage through medieval.; Parthia-L (YAHOO! Groups); This forum is designed to facilitate the study of the Arshakani (Arsacid) dynasty, known to the west as the Parthians, and their extensive coinage. Included in discussions are the sub-kingdoms of Characene, Elymais and Persis, and other areas under Parthian control.; Seleukids (YAHOO! Groups); The purpose of this list is to discuss the history, arts, numismatics and epigraphy of the hellenistic monarchies. The Seleukid kings are of special interest but discussion of any of the monarchies is welcome.
2. Classical Blogs: A Gift for Polydektes (by Ed Snible); Devoted to classical numismatics.; Rogue Classicism (by David Meadows); A mix of subjects relating to classical history.; A Survey of Ancient Coins (by Jay Guberman); A commented collection of ancient coins.
3. Ancient History: Websites; Alexander the Great on the Web (by Tim Spalding); An extensive list of resources about Alexander the Great.; Attalus.org (by Andrew Smith); Detailed lists of events and sources for the history of the Hellenistic world and the Roman republic. It includes links to online translations of many of the sources, as well as new translations of some works which have not previously been easily available in English.; Commodity Prices in Babylon 384 - 61 BC (by Robartus J. van der Spek); The edition and analysis of the prices of food and wool, as recorded in the so-called Astronomical Diaries. Published on a website of the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam.; Corax - A Classic Hypersite (by John T. Kirby); Internet resources for classical studies.; Egyptian Royal Genealogy (by C. J. Bennett); An excellent annotated genealogy of the Ptolemies with a lot of information about later Seleukids.; ETANA (a cooperative project of a consortium of scholarly societies and universities); An electronic publishing project for the study of the history and culture of the ancient Near East. It contains ABZU, a guide to information related to the study of the ancient Near East on the Web.; Hellenica - Ancient Greece / Science and Technology (by Michael Lahanas); A lot of information, pictures and links. Part of Michael Lahanas’ Home Page.; KLEIÓ (by Josef Landergott; in Czech); Detailed chronography of ancient history from 776 BC to 1 AD.; Livius.org (by Jona Lendering); Articles on ancient history. It also contains translations of Babylonian Chronicles by Irving L. Finkel and Robartus J. van der Spek.; Parthia.com (by Edward C. D. Hopkins); Parthian culture, geography, history, art and coins.; SeleukidEmpire.org (by Oliver D. Hoover); An online sourcebook for the history, numismatics, epigraphy, art and archaeology of the Seleukid Empire.; The Perseus Digital Library (ed. Gregory R. Crane); Web site of the Perseus Project (a digital library of resources for the study of the humanities). See also Mirror of Selected Perseus Texts (part of Cultural Heritage Language Technologies website).; Stoa.org (ed. Anne Mahoney and Ross Scaife); The consortium for electronic publication in the Classics.; World Wide Web Sites Relating to the Ancient Mediterranean (by K. C. Hanson); An extensive list of useful links. Part of K. C. Hanson’s Home Page.; Electronic Editions of Historical Books; Bevan, Edwyn R.: The House of Ptolemy (by Bill Thayer); London, 1927.; Bikerman, E. J.: Institutions des Séleucides (Russian translation by L. M. Gluskinoj; presented by Valerij Ivanov); Paris, 1938 (Russian edition: Moscow, 1985).
4. Greek Numismatics: On-Line Collections of Museums, Numismatic Societies and Universities; ANS Search Tools; Online databases of The American Numismatic Society.; The British SNG (research project of British Academy); Online database of the British Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (ancient Greek coins in British collections).; Das Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museum); Online presentation of 323 ancient Greek coins from the archaic and classic periods and of 327 coins from the Hellenistic period.; The Ottilia Buerger Collection of Ancient and Byzantine Coins at Lawrence University (by the Department of Art and Art History); Commented catalogue of a collection donated to Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin, by Miss Ottilia Buerger.; SNG Aarhus and SNG Fabricius (by the Museum of Ancient Art at the University of Aarhus); Online database of the Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum – Aarhus University, Copenhagen, Denmark.; Electronic Editions of Numismatic Books and Studies; British Museum Catalog of Greek Coins (presented by Ed Snible); London, 1873 - 1929. (In progress, plates only for the time being.); Digital Library Numis; A major digital repository and portal for freely available numismatic publications on coins, medals and related subjects.; Head, Barclay V.: Historia Numorum, A Manual of Greek Numismatics (presented by Ed Snible and coworkers); Oxford, 1911.; Hill, George Francis: British Museum Catalog of Greek Coins, Volume 24 – Cyprus (presented by The Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE); British Museum, London, 1904.; Newell, Edward Theodore: The dated Alexander coinage of Sidon and Ake (presented by Internet Archive); Yale University Press, New Haven – Humphrey Milford, London – Oxford University Press, 1916.; Newell, Edward Theodore: The first Seleucid coinage of Tyre (presented by Internet Archive); The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1921.; Newell, Edward Theodore: The octobols of Histiaea (presented by Internet Archive); The American Numismatic Society, New York, 1921.; Newell, Edward Theodore: Reattribution of certain tetradrachms of Alexander the Great (presented by Internet Archive); New York, 1912.; Münsterberg, Rudolf: Die Beamtennamen auf den griechischen Münzen (presented by Ed Snible); Names of magistrates known to have struck Greek coins. Originally published in 1911, 1912, 1914, and 1927.; Svoronos, J. N.: Ptolemaic Coinage (translated by Catharine C. Lorber, presented by Edward J. Waddell, Ltd.); Athens, 1904.; Other Information Sources and Collections; Ancient Greek Coins of Miletus (by Robert J. O’Hara); Ancient Greek coins from Miletus and nearby areas. Part of Robert J. O’Hara’s Home Page.; Ancient Money – A Photographic Study (by John D. Nebel); Beautiful photos of ancient coins.; The Coinage of Ephesus (by the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies at Macquarie University); Website devoted to ancient Ephesus coinage.; Coinage of the two Greek-Illyrian city states: Apollonia and Dyrrhachium (Geocities Mirror) (by Gyula Petrányi); The coinage of Apollonia and Dyrrhachium, the towns founded by Corcyra on the Illyrian coast of the Adriatic.; The Coins and History of Asia (by Thomas K. Mallon-McCorgray); Information and scans of over 2100 coins. Near Eastern, Persian, Indian, Central Asian and Chinese history from 600 BC to 1600 AD.; Magna Graecia Coins (by John E. van Wielink); An extensive catalogue of Greek coin types of Italy and Sicily (including Carthaginian issues from Zeugitana, Sardinia etc.) till 212 BC.; Menorah Coin Project (by Jean Philippe Fontanille); An extensive databank of Biblical and Judean coins.; Mildenberg’s Dream Collection (by Leo Mildenberg and the Money Museum); A dream collection of early Greek coins on the web site of the Money Museum, Zurich, Switzerland.; The PtolemAE Project (by Daniel Wolf); Information on Ptolemaic bronze coins.; Ptolemaic.net (by Richard Pincock); Coins of the Ptolemaic dynasty from 323 to 30 BC.; The Silver Facing Head Coins of Larissa (by Catharine C. Lorber and Charles Shahar); A detailed study of facing head coins from the Thessalian Larissa.
5. Architecture, Linguistics, Music, Poetry and Philosophy: Ancient Greek Music on Papyrus: Two New Fragments (by William A. Johnson); A part of the website of Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati. It contains audio records of ancient Greek songs from the Early Roman Empire.; Commission for Ancient Literature & Latin Tradition of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; A part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences’ web site. It contains fascinating audio records of an approximate reconstruction of fragments of ancient Greek music, of music of the ancient Near East, of Homeric singing and of the classical Greek pronunciation.; C. P. Cavafy (by the Center for Neo-Hellenic Studies); The official website of the Cavafy Archive.; Diana Gilliland Wright (by Diana Gilliland Wright); Poetry, historical essays and maps including poetry inspired by ancient Greek poets.; Fysis.cz (by Zdenek Kratochvíl; in Czech); Ancient Greek philosophy, philosophical and other texts, huge photo gallery of ancient momentous places, monuments and artefacts.; Persepolis3d.com (by Kourosh Afhami, Wolfgang Gambke and Sheda Vasseghi); A 3D reconstruction and animation of Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Empire.; Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature; Classical Greek and Latin authors read in the restored pronunciation.; Theoi Greek Mythology (by Aaron J. Atsma); The Theoi Project, a site exploring Greek mythology and the gods in classical literature and art.
6. Museums: On-Line Exhibitions of Antiquities; Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna – Greek and Roman Antiquities; Photos of selected examples from the Kunsthistorisches Museum’s collection.; Louvre Museum – Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Part of the Louvre Museum website.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Greek and Roman Art; Fifty specially selected works of art. Part of the Metropolitan Museum’s website.; The State Hermitage Museum – Digital Collection; Part of The State Hermitage Museum website. See also Numismatic Collection.; Museums Not Mentioned in the Previous Sections; The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology; Includes Heberden Coin Room.; Bibliothèque nationale de France; Includes Le département des Monnaies, médailles et antiques.; The British Museum; Includes Department of Coins and Medals.; The Fitzwilliam Museum; Includes Department of Coins and Medals.; The Israel Museum Jerusalem; Includes Numismatic Collection.; The Numismatic Museum of Athens; See also an alternative webpage by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.; ODYSSEUS Project (by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture); Greek museums, archaeological sites and monuments.

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