Ancient History Resources

The Greeks (PBS site, which is a companion to the PBS series, The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization.)
http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/

The First Democracy (A short description of Athenian Democracy, considered to be the "first democracy," from the web site of the U.S. Information Agency of the U.S. Department of State.)
http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/whatsdem/whatdm9.htm

"Voyage Back in Time: Ancient Greece and Rome" (Web site designed to introduce third grade students to the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome. Designed in 1998 by students of the University of ichmond Department of Education)
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/projects
/webunits/greecerome/

The Real Story of the Ancient Olympic Games (Web site by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Contains information about the origin of the Olympic Games in Ancient Greece, comparing them to the modern day Olympic competition)
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Olympics/olympicintro.html

The Rome Project (Web site about Ancient Rome, created by students of The Dalton School. Includes links to information about ancient Roman literature, archaeology, politics, philosophy, drama, search engines to locate other resources about Ancient Rome, and maps of the Roman Empire)
http://www.dalton.org/groups/rome/index.html

The Roman Empire in the First Century (PBS web site)
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/

A New Look at Ancient Egypt World (Web site by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Site contains information about past and present expeditions, archeological artifacts, a virtual gallery tour, daily life in ancient Egypt)
http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Exhibits/egyptintro.html

Pyramids: The Inside Story (web site by PBS)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Odyssey On-line (Web resources and activities about ancient cultures, including the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome and Africa, as a complimentary site to the Carlos Museum at Emory University)
http://carlos.emory.edu/ODYSSEY/MidElem_Home.html

Ancient and Classical Culture links (compiled by the Multnomah County Library in Oregon)
http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/anchsthc.html