These are some links that I've collected on some of the historical and archeological topics that have interested me. I hope others will list some sources of information relating to history, prehistory and archaeology in this thread. Discussions on good books and journal or magazine articles are also worth mentioning here. I'll sticky the thread and let it grow, but expect tangents or discussions that go on for more than a few posts to get split to their own threads. Woo-woo links and spam will be deleted. Prehistory Becoming Human http://www.becominghuman.org/ Book reviews, paleo news and a 25mb documentary to download Human Origins Program http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/index.htm Smithsonian program dedicated to understanding the biological and cultural foundations of human life. The Cave of Lascaux http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ The Neanderthal cave site Antiquity British Museum's 'Ancient Civilizations' http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/education/ancientcivilizations/index.html A series of culture-based websites that look in depth at the achievements of some of the most remarkable world civilizations The Internet Ancient History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html Hundreds of local files as well as links to source texts throughout the net though many links appear broken. Worth visiting just for the outline. ABZU http://www.etana.org/abzu/ A guide to information related to study of the Ancient Near East Mesopotamia http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/MESO.HTM Learn about the Sumerians to the Akkadians, the Hittites to the Chaldeans. Great summaries of these and other Mesopotamian civilizations Egypt Theban Mapping Project http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/ Interactive maps and movies of the tombs at Thebes. Truly a fantastic site Explore the Pyramids http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/textindex.html Nova (PBS) photos, transcripts and the like Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology http://academic.memphis.edu/egypt/kv63.html Info on the most recent tomb discover: KV63 Greece Ancient Greece http://www.ancientgreece.com/ Want to know the difference between a Doric and an Ionic column? The hierarchy of the Greek pantheon? Mesoamerica Ancient Mesoamerican Civilizations http://www.angelfire.com/ca/humanorigins/index.html A ready source of information and links to topics in Mesoamerica from the Maya and Mixtec to the Atzec and the Zapotec The Mesoamerican Ballgame http://www.ballgame.org/ The sport of life and death Web Blogs Archaeoastronomy http://archaeoastronomy.wordpress.com/ Salto Sobrius http://saltosobrius.blogspot.com/index.html Archaeoblog http://archaeoblog.blogspot.com/ Paleojudaica http://paleojudaica.blogspot.com/ Abnormal Interests http://www.telecomtally.com/blog/ Four Stone Hearth http://fourstonehearth.net/ Bi-weekly blog carnival for anthropology & archaeology History Carnival http://historycarnival.blogsome.com/ Twice monthly blog carnival for history. Pick a date and click to find a plethora of links to various history related blogs
I'm going hold this post in case we're lucky and this thread grows large enough to need a table of contents.
A couple that I've gathered up: (You've already listed several others.) Çatalhöyük Home Page: Neolithic site in central Anatolia. One of the largest and earliest cities (village?) in ancient history. The city passes through hunter-gatherer to farming culture. Fascinating finds and cultural implications. http://www.catalhoyuk.com/ Archaeological Atlas of the Aegean: An interactive map of Aegean archaeological sites. http://www.ypai.gr/atlas/default_uk.asp#
ones i reference most often: internet archive has a boatload of various info: http://www.archive.org/index.php US army military history http://www.army.mil/cmh/ national security archive http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/ various historical info: http://www.w3.org/History/
wikipedia is good as a general resource for looking at things like bios and battles http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
I love History! I got tons of links & will try to post them as I get the chance. World War II The World War II Veteran's Website The Tanks of WWII A WWII Timeline with Photos & Text -this one is a must-see. WWII Resources - Primary source materials on the web. Original documents regarding all aspects of the war. African Americans in WWII Maps of WWII The Justin Oral History Center Rutgers Oral History Archives Japanese American Internment
The American Revolution Essays on the Revolution [PBS] The Liberty Series: The American Revolution Historic Documents -from the Mayflower Compact to the Monroe Doctrine to the Articles of Confederation. Ben Franklin Boston Tea Party -an Essay by Cassandra Jansen The Colonial Period of Am. History Crispus Attucks ***Bibliographies of the War of Am. Independence -This is THE source for anyone writing a paper on the Revolutionary War -Yenald Looshi
London 1904 movie footage2 This is cool as hell. It's like a window into the past. The clip is an excerpt from a 12-minute long video that was made as a travelogue to lure visitors from Australia. It is a fascinating glimpse into the vibrant, teeming London of Sherlock Holmes: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1348426473/bctid1873835598
Yes, nice find! I hope you don't mind, but I took the liberty of copying the thread to the History Resources thread.
I searched for "National Film and Sound Archives" and found this link: http://screensound.gov.au/the_collection/ I'm not sure its the same organization, but it looks interesting nonetheless. There's also the U.S. Library of Congress' National Film Preservation Board.
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index1024.htm I liked the "original photos" set - old, made-on-glass, B&W photos - See both the Washington Monument & capital building half done and many scenes for the civil war.
A little off the beaten path, but this guy's history zines are pretty awesome: http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/3417/ I've read the Nez Perce Indians one so far, it was straightforward, unbiased and quite interesting... a good little read: http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/3410/ ... will probable get the Hawaii one next.
Hyperwar, WWII in the World Wide Web. (200 terabytes of files on WWII.) WW2 Resources, Diplomatic and political history. Antebellum USN, from the founding to the Civil War.