Ancient Civilizations

Reconstructed lower state of the late Sumerian ziggurat at Ur, Iraq
Reconstructed lower stage of the late Sumerian ziggurat at Ur, Iraq

see also
Ancient Egypt
Archaeology Web Sites
China
Greece

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For information on ancient civilizations, and on the development of early civilizations in various parts of the world, see the following WebSites:

Ancient Greece -- British Museum
Ancient Middle American civilizations
Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon (archeoastronomy)
Ancient World Mapping Center -- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Angkor Wat, Cambodia (Scout Report report)
- Angkor Wat - -Wikipedia
  - Tourist jungle grows over Angkor Wat
    http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0918/p06s01-woap.html
  - Tourism official proposes elephant ban at Angkor
    http://english.people.com.cn/200609/20/eng20060920_304606.html
  - APSARA
    http://www.autoriteapsara.org/
  - Is Angkor Wat too touristy?
    http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,18409-2363554,00.html
  - Great Buildings Online: Angkor Wat
    http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Angkor_Wat.html
  - Interactive Map of World Heritage Properties [Macromedia Flash Player]
    http://whc.unesco.org/en/map
  - Cambodia Post
    http://www.cambodiajournal.com/

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Archaeological Sites by Region
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
Ancient China -- The British Museum
Ancient Egypt -- The British Museum
Ancient India -- The British Museum
Ancient Near East .net
Art of the First Cities: The Third Millenium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus --The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Aztec
Civilisations -- BBC
Classics Unveiled
Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World -- Ross Scaife of the University of Kentucky and Suzanne Bonefas
Egypt: Secrets of an Ancient World -- NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.com
Exploring Ancient World Cultures -- U. of Evansville
The First Villages -- D. I. Loizos
THE 42 COMMANDMENTS OF ANCIENT EGYPT -- Wladyslaw Jan Kowalski
Gift of the Indus: The Arts and Culture of Pakistan -- ARTSEDGE
Greece, Ancient

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Hatsheput: From Queen to Pharaoh -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Imperial History of the Middle East: 5000 Years of History in 90 seconds -- Maps of War
Inca
Holy Image, Hallowed Ground: Byzantine icons from the remote Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine in Sinai
Interactive Dig: Hierakonpolis -- ancient Egypt
Kansas City Hopewell -- Museum of Anthropology
Lisa's European Prehistory Hotlist
Mohenjo-Daro
Musée Achéménide
Mut Precinct, Egypt -- Brooklyn Museum
Mysteries of Çatalhöyük -- The Science Museum of Minnesota
Neolithic Greece -- D. I. Loizos

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Perseus Digital Library -- Tufts University
Prehistoric Cultures WebPage -- Nicole Noonan, Washington State University
Stonehenge
The Taj-Mahal Virtual Tour -- Armchair Travel Company
Theban Mapping Project
World Cultures to 1500 -- Washington State University

Prehistoric Cultures

Ancient Civilizations