Online Resources

WEBLIOGRAPHY:

“Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Link to resource (accessed April 1, 2010).

“Ancient Greek Colonization and Trade and Their Influence on Greek Art” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Link to resource (acccessed March 9, 2010).

“Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

“Colossal Temples of the Roman Near East.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

Faulkner, Neil. “Romanisation: The Process of Becoming Roman.” BBC. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

“Roman Empire in the First Century, The.” PBS. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010) Author’s Note: see especially Link to resource and Link to resource)

Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew. “Roman Empire: The Paradox of Power.” BBC. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

BLOGS & VLOGS:

“Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, The.” Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

VIRTUAL ONLINE TOURS AND/OR INTERACTIVES:

“Bosra Roman Ruins.” World Heritage Tour. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

“Abu Mena.” World Heritage Tour. Link to resource (accessed April 1, 2010).

“Iran before Islam: The Sasanians.” The British Museum. Link to resource (accessed March 9, 2010).

Classroom Connections

Walter E. Kaegi

Professor of History, University of Chicago
 

MAPS:

Maps of the Roman Empire, The DIR and ORB Ancient and Medieval Atlas, prepared by Christos Nussli, Link to resource (accessed March 5, 2010)
Author’s Note: On-line maps of the Roman Empire, give links to Maps of the Roman Empire [incl. 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 CE, ostensibly Europe, but include western Asia & Egypt.

The Roman Empire, Link to resource (accessed March 5, 2010)

Atlas for Ancient Warfare, Link to resource (accessed March 5, 2010)