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Link to Oxford Dictionary of National Biography website

Oxford English Dictionary

Link to the Grove Dictionary of Art

Link to the Grove Dictionary of Music

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Ancient history

Ancient and Lost Civilizations

Hugely extensive and informative website about many of the world's early peoples and civilizations, their beliefs, lifestyles, customs, artefacts, writings and much more.

Ancient Egypt

The British Museum's interactive site, separated into chapters, suitable for both students and those new to Egyptology.

Classics Pages

1,000+ pages dedicated to ancient Greece and Rome, including information, analysis, original texts, illustrations, scholarly opinion, light-hearted material and interactive games.

Guardian’s Egypt

Good resource for anyone either interested in or new to ancient Egypt and Egyptology, including information, photographs and other images, and links to other sites.

Perseus Digital Library

The Perseus Digital Library is a huge and comprehensive resource that includes many texts from the Greco-Roman period, including papyrus texts. The site also contains texts from the Renaissance period, texts covering the histories of London, California, Chesapeake and the Upper Midwest, and diaries and papers of Robert Boyle.

Theban Mapping Project

The TMP is a comprehensive archaeological, geological and ethnographical database of Thebes, including a detailed map of every tomb, temple and other features. The site presents 3-D computer models of the tombs in the Valley of the Kings and contains articles, photographs and other illustrations.