Regional Sites - Middle East
ABZU: Archaeological Sites
Index of Reports on Archaeological Sites in theNear East and Related Material. A comprehensive list of academic resources from the Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.
ADIAS: Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
The Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS), part of the Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority, carries out archaeological surveys and, excavates on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. ADIAS has identified over a thousand sites or groups of sites on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. This website includes excellent photographs of many of sites and objects excavated by the project team as well as PDF documents of reports related to the project. It also has a list of other useful web links.
ADIAS: Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey
The Abu Dhabi Islands Archaeological Survey (ADIAS), part of the Abu Dhabi Culture and Heritage Authority, carries out archaeological surveys and, excavates on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. ADIAS has identified over a thousand sites or groups of sites on the coast and islands of Abu Dhabi. This website includes excellent photographs of many of sites and objects excavated by the project team as well as PDF documents of reports related to the project. It also has a list of other useful web links.
Afghanistan: Harrison Forman Collection
This photographic collection documents the life and culture of Afghanistan in the late 1960s. The online collection consists of 174 images selected from a set of 733 slides of Afghanistan in the Harrison Forman Photographic Collection housed at the American Geographical Society Collection.
AkaKurdistan
Based on Susan Meiselas’s 1997 book 'Kurdistan, in the Shadow of History'. Includes images of Kurdistan, with accompanying text, arranged along a timeline.
Ancient Middle East Law
Archaeology in Jordan: including Petra and the Nabateans
Archaeological sites and monuments in Jordan with many photographs, images and essays.
Archaeology: Middle East
Very useful Internet resources related to archaeology of the Middle East, Part of the Anthropology Resources on the Internet.
http://www.anthropology-resources.net/Contents/contents.html
Coptic Network Picture Archive
Provides Coptic icons and other images.
Dig the Bible
This web site is dedicated to Biblical Archaeology - where Biblical Studies and Archaeology intersect.
ETANA Electronic Tools and Ancient Near Eastern Archives
A comprehensive Internet site for the study of the ancient Near East. Provides access to online texts , including archaeological excavation reports, editions of ancient and modern texts, dictionaries, journals, and reports, a portal to selected web resources (ABZU) and an area where scholars can share data, images and eventually research.
Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Islamic art collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art with extensive text.
Islamic Culture and the Medical Art
Online documents for the U.S. National Library of Medicine exhibition celebrating the achievements of the medical profession in Islamic culture from the 9th to the 19th century.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html
Islamic and Arabic Arts and Architecture
Explains the historical and cultural significance of Islamic and Arabic artefacts. Covers architecture, calligraphy, oriental rugs, and coins. Includes FAQs, a bibliography, radio reviews, and links to academic schools and museums.
Jerusalem Archaeological Park
Israel’s most important antiquity site designated as an archaeological park and open museum. The Park reaches the Temple Mount on the north, the slope of the Mount of Olives and the Kidron Valley on the east, and the Valley of Hinnom on the west and the south.
Okeanos
Interdisciplinary resource for the study of the ancient, biblical, classical and late antique Near East.
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
A centre of ancient Near Eastern studies ever since its foundation in 1891.
Persepolis and Ancient Iran
A collection of 999 photographs of various archaeological sites, taken from the 1979 publication Persepolis and Ancient Iran from the Oriental Institute Photographic Archives, University of Chicago.
Princeton Shahnama Project
Online archive of 277 illustrations from 5 illustrated manuscripts of the Shahnama dating from 1544 to 1674, which are housed in Princeton University's Firestone Library.
Scrolls from the Dead Sea
An exhibition at the Library of Congress on the Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship.
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/deadsea.scrolls.exhibit/intro.html
Textile Arts of the Islamic World: Working Bibliographies
Compiled by the Eastern Hemisphere Curatorial Department at the Textile Museum, Washington DC and offers over 50 bibliographies of interest to anyone pursuing studies of textile arts of the Islamic world. Most of the materials cited are available from the tArthur D. Jenkins Library at the Textile Museum
http://www.lib.umich.edu/area/Near.East/Textiles/Textiles.html
Topkapi Palace Museum
An illustrated guide of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istabul, provided by the Bilkent University , Department of History.
Williams Afghan Media Project
This site brings together several collections of photographic images of Afghanistan.
Zeitah Excavations
Provides information about an ongoing archaeological dig site in Israel. The director of the project is Prof. Ron Tappy of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.
