Ancient Near East

The Sumerians Exhibit

Mesopotamia and Assyria

The Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi Text Primary Source

Hammurabi Stela Image Gallery

Babylonian Proverbs Primary Source

Sumerian Flood Myth

The Epic of Gilgamesh Did You Know??

Ancient Egypt

The Old Kingdom: 2800-2200 BCE

The Discovery of Hatshepsut, the Great Female Pharaoh of Egypt Did You Know??

Hatshepsut's Temple Complex at Deir el-Bahri Image Gallery

The Ancient Egypt Image Gallery

Great Hymn to Aten Primary Source

The Armana Letters Image Gallery

Monotheism in Egypt: The Cult of Akhenaten, a HistoryWiz exhibit

Ancient Greece

The Minoans Exhibit

Arthur Evans HistoryMaker

Aspasia, First Woman of Athens HistoryMaker

The Mycenaeans Exhibit

The Spartans' Family Life - Did You Know??

Archimedes and his Famous Walls of Syracuse - Did You Know??

The First Hospital: Asclepius and the Temples of Healing - Did you Know??

Pericles Funeral Oration Primary Source

Ancient Rome

The Roman Kings Exhibit

Ancient Rome Image Gallery

The Aeneid Image Gallery Image Gallery

Tacitus on the Christians Primary Source

How the Lupercalia Became Valentine's Day Did You Know??

Ancient Religions

The Many Faces of Buddha

Confucius HistoryMaker

History Sites in the Spotlight

Collapse - Why Do Civilizations Fall? - Annenberg Exhibit

BBC History Ancient History an excellent site on Prehistory, Egypt, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Rome and Greece

Eyewitness to History Ancient World eyewitness accounts from history

Internet Ancient History Sourcebook an excellent site for documents

The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization PBS - companion site to the PBS series - terrific resources available here, including 3D of the Acropolis, webcam view from the Acropolis, the making of the Parthenon, a chance to speak like an Ancient Greek and more

History of China all about Chinese History including ancient period

Ancient History Wikpedia

Secrets of Lost Empires: PBS Nova: Pharaoh's Obelisk; Easter Island; Roman Bath; China Bridge

PBS Ancient History