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Miscellaneous Historical Sites
ADFA History: History on the Internet

http://www.adfa.oz.au/HISTORY/links.html

A gargantuan series of links to historical sites, with photos, documents and multimedia resources on virtually any historical subject.

Ari's Today Page

http://www.uta.fi/~blarku/today.html

A great source of information for what happened today in history. Features birthdays of famous people, historical information and important calendar days for the Jewish and Muslim faiths as well as important US oriented dates.

BUBL Information Service Web Server

http://www.bubl.bath.ac.uk/BUBL/History.html

Offers links to various history sites on the Net. Includes many topics other than history. Contains links to Russian, Vietnam War, United States, French and Indian War, Viking, medieval, and Civil War historical sites.

Castles on the Web

http://fox.nstn.ca/~tmonk/castle/castle.html

Provides a collection of sites that offer information about and pictures of castles from around the world.

Gangsters!

http://www.well.com/user/mod79

If you want information on gangsters, start here. Offers history, images, biographies of criminals and crime fighters, a bibliography of organized crime in print and on film, and links to related sites.

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The Heritage Post Interactive

http://heritage.excite.sfu.ca/hpost.html

Tidbits of Canadian history and information about current Canada. Features documents and images.

History Computerization Project

http://www.directnet.com/history/

Provides a database for libraries, historians, museums, libraries and more, dedicated to the exchange of historical information. Includes access to many other directories of interest.

The History of Costume by Braun

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html

An online version of an old German book that features fashion through the ages, from Egypt to Russian folk dress of the late nineteenth century. Excellent graphics.

Index of /expo/

http://sunsite.unc.edu/expo

Provides an index to exhibits that include the Library of Congress's "Scrolls of the Dead Sea," "The 'Palace' of Diocletian at Split," and exhibits of paleontology, the Soviet Union, the Vatican and more. Offers a list of terms relating to Middle Eastern and classical terms. Includes downloadable JPEG and GIF files.

Intentional Communities

http://www.well.com/user/cmty/index.html

Seeks to be an inclusive title for information on eco-villages, co-housing, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, and other related projects.

Mary Rose Virtual Maritime Museum

http://www.synergy.net/homeport.html

Offers a fascinating look at a recovered Tudor-period warship that sank in 1545. Provides links to other sites featuring ships of old.

Maya

http://www.realtime.net/maya/

Includes history, geography, geology, astronomy, archaeology, anthropology and art forms related to the Americas before Christopher Columbus's discovery. Includes information on the Maya, Aztec, and American Indians.

The Maya Astronomy Page

http://www.astro.uva.nl/michielb/maya/astro.html

Focuses on Mayan civilization. Presents the Mayan creation story. Provides information about Mayan astronomy, mathematics, and their calendar. Offers links to other Mayan sites.

Media History, Studies, and Education

http://omnibus-eye.rtvf.nwu.edu/links/studies.html

A large number of links to history as recorded by film and other media. Many interesting sites, from the Documentary Educational Resources to the National Public Broadcasting Archives, scholarly works on Chinese Cinema, the D-Day News Reels Archive, and more.

Mithraism

http://www.lglobal.com/~hermes3/mithras.htm

Presents a look at Mithraism, a religion of the pre-Christian Roman Empire, for those interested in the roots of Western religion.

Musei

http://www.christusrex.org/www1/vaticano/0-Musei.html

Provides around 600 images of holdings of the Vatican museums. Also offers links to hundreds of images of the Sistine Chapel and the Raphael Stanze. Includes writings of John Paul II, access to News from the Holy SEE, and more.

The Museum Professional

http://www.sirius.com/~robinson/musprof

Serves as a starting point for accessing online resources in the museum field. Includes links to museum Web site lists, virtual museums, and specialization resources. Has a new forum for people in the museum field to share information.

The National Inventors Hall of Fame

http://www.invent.org

Biographies, images, and inventions of famous inventors. Additional information on virtual exhibits and information on B.F. Goodrich's Collegiate Inventor's Program. An interesting stop.

Native American Cultural Resources on the Internet

http://hanksville.phast.umass.edu/misc/NAculture.html

A massive series of links to Native American sites. A good source of related history, documents, and current information.

Papyrology Home Page

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmucci/papyrology

Provides access to papyrology collections world-wide, literature from and concerning the collections, and images of papyri including fragments from the Book of the Dead.

Paris Museums

http://www.paris.org/Musees/

Contains images and information for more than 20 museums in Paris, including the Louvre, Centre Pompidou, L'Orangerie, Auguste Rodin, and la Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie.

Pirates

http://orion.it.luc.edu/~tgibson/pirates/pirates.html

The page for swashbucklers and rogues, featuring facts, myths, and legends about piracy, the history of piracy, famous people, places and images connected to pirates.

Romarch List Home Page

http://www.umich.edu/~pfoss/ROMARCH.html

Provides a "crossroads for Web resources on the art and archaeology of Italy and the Roman provinces, from ca. 1000 B.C. to A.D. 600." Offers many links to sites that contain images of Roman art and architecture.

Shikhin

http://www.colby.edu/rel/Shikhin.html

A site dedicated to helping find and identify the lost city of Shikhin in Israel. Presents the story of Shikhin, known for its pottery in its day, with text, pictures, and maps.

Shore Line Trolley Museum

http://www.panix.com/~christos/TrolleyPage.html

Exhibits the Shore Line Trolley museum of East Haven, CT. Provides information about museum operations, including hours and directions, as well as a tour of some streetcars in Shore Line's collection.

Voice of the Shuttle Home Page

http://humanitas.ucsb.edu/

A Web page devoted to the study of humanities, offering many links to humanities topics: archaeology, anthropology, architecture, art, general humanities, history, linguistics, literature, minority studies, philosophy, religious studies, women's studies, and more.