Uniondale High School Library Media Center
RESOURCES--Ancient World History and Art

OPAC (online public access catalog – examples)
 Keywords: names of countries/cultures, styles, periods in history

Call Number Author Title
OS 709 JAN Janson, H. W. History of art : a survey of the major visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day
OS 709.35 PAR Parrot, Andre Sumer: the dawn of art
OS 709.38 DEM Demargne, Pierre. The birth of Greek art
292 NAR Nardo, Don Greek and Roman Mythology
709 GAR Gardner, Helen Art through the ages
930 ANC McDonnell, Stacy A. Ancient civilizations

REFERENCE SOURCES (a sampling)

Call Number Author Title
REF 291.1 WOR Willis, Roy, ed. World mythology
REF 292.1 DIX Dixon-Kennedy, Mike Greco-Roman Mythology
REF 703 ENC   Encyclopedia of world art
REF 930 DUN Huyghe, Rene Larousse encyclopedia of ancient and medieval history

ONLINE DATABASES (use keyword or subject online databases in OPAC)

Source Title
Gale Group Student Resource Center
Grolier Encyclopedia Americana/Grolier’s Multimedia Encyclopedia/New Book of Knowledge
World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia World Book Online
Uniondale Public Library select online references (use your patron id on your library card for access)

WEBSITES
ART AND ARCHEOLOGY

Title URL
Archeology on the Net http://www.serve.com/archaeology/
Ancient Art and Architecture http://www.mcad.edu/AICT/html/ancient.html
Ancient City of Athens http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/
Art History Research Resources http://witcombe.sbc.edu/researchresources/
Art History Resource Center http://art-history.concordia.ca/AHRC/index.htm
Art History Resources on the Web http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Art on the Net

http://www.art.net

Art Treasures of Egypt http://www.shadowmyst.com/EST570Site/Index.htm
ArtLex—Dictionary of Visual Art http://www.artlex.com/
Arts Navigator http://www.uiah.fi/internetguide/navigator.html
ArtsEdNet http://www.artsednet.getty.edu
ArtServe - Art - History http://rubens.anu.edu.au/
British Museum Compass Project http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass
Digital Librarian http://www.servtech.com/~mvail/
Exploring Ancient World Cultures http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm

GettyArtsEdNet

http://www.getty.edu/artsednet/
Homepage@University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology http://www.upenn.edu/museum/
Internet Art Resources http://artresources.com/latest.ihtml
Maecenas: Images of Greece and Rome http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/
Mesopotamia Web http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot1.htm
Mesopotamian Art and Archeology http://www.providence.edu/dwc/mesopot1.htm
Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.metmuseum.org/
MPLS Institute Arts—World Mythology http://www.artsmia.org/mythology/
Odyssey Online—art history http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/
Oriental Institute (Near East) http://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/default.html
Perseus Art and Archeology http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/art&arch.html
Smithsonian Institution http://www.si.edu/
The Artchive http://www.artchive.com/
UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture http://www.arts.ucla.edu/museums/fowler_frame.html
UIAH Art Navigator http://www.arts.ucla.edu/museums/fowler_frame.html
University of Memphis Institute of Egyptian Are and Archeology http://www.memphis.edu/egypt/
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology http://www.upenn.edu/museum
Virtual Library Museums Page http://www.icom.org/vlmp/
Voice of the Shuttle Art and Art History Page http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/art.html
World Art Database http://worldart.sjsu.edu/
World Art Treasures http://www.bergerfoundation.ch
World Wide Arts Resources http://wwar.com/index4.html
Yahoo! Arts, Art History, Periods, Movements—Ancient Art http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Art_History/Periods_and_Movements/Ancient_Art/

ANCIENT WORLD HISTORY

Title URL
ABZU-Ancient Near East http://lib16.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib/abzu-whatitmeans.pl
Ancient Civilizations http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/gmeo/ancientcivil/hotlist.htm
Ancient Egypt—Guardian’s Egypt http://guardians.net/egypt/
Ancient Egypt http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html
Ancient Egypt http://www.geocities.com/~amenhotep/
Ancient Greece http://www.ancientgreece.com
Ancient Greek World Index http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/
Ancient Rome http://www.ghg.net/shetler/rome/
Ancient World Web http://www.julen.net/ancient
Ancient-Classical History http://ancienthistory.miningco.com/
CivWeb's Ancient Rome http://www.providence.edu/dwc/rome.htm
Classical Studies http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/jod.html
Crystal Link's Ancient Rome http://www.crystalinks.com/rome.html
Egyptology Resources http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/
Exploring Ancient World Cultures http://eawc.evansville.edu/eawcindex.htm
Gander Academy's Ancient Egypt http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/egypt.htm
Greece Daily Life http://www.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/GREECE/daily.html
History Link's Ancient Rome http://www.historylink101.com/ancient_rome.htm
Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt http://www.eyelid.co.uk/
A New Look at an Ancient Culture—Egypt http://www.upenn.edu/museum/Exhibits/egyptintro.html
Monuments of Rome http://www.roma2000.it/zmonum2.html
Mr. Dowling's Ancient Egypt http://www.mrdowling.com/604egypt.html
Odyssey Online http://www.cc.emory.edu/CARLOS/ODYSSEY/index.html
Perseus Project http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
Timeline: Ancient Rome http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
World Cultures http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/

EXPERTS

Title URL
Research @University of Pennsylvania Museum http://www.upenn.edu/museum

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

Name, Address Description
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York  10028		 Extensive permanent collection of art from these time periods

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