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- ABZU
Internet resources dealing with the Ancient Near East (ie Egypt & Mesopotamia)--including, if you dig far enough, at least one TrueType (Mac) font version of an ancient script: demotic.
- Ancient World Web, The
A "compendium of Internet sites discussing, spot-lighting, or otherwise considering the Ancient World".
- (British) Museum of Antiquities
Includes "Flints and Stones: Real Life in Prehistory".
- Celtic Home Page
Celtic Archaeology, "battlefield reenactment", and "living history".
- Chris Dierson's Archaeology Page
The "focus of my research" is "Lithic Procurement Technology"--in other words, "stone quarrying"!
- Egyptian Links on the Web
Historical & geographical information about Egypt, including:
- An overview (history, pics, and maps--including several historical maps) of Alexandria, which itself includes, inter alia, a brief bio of Cleopatra & pics of busts of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
- Pics of the pyramids.
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Greg Reeder's Egypt Page
- A Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Astronomy
- Pompeii Forum Project
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Includes impressive artistic impressions of the Seven.
- Underwater Archaeology
A "Guide to Underwater Archaeology on the Internet". Museums and sites (including links to Mary Rose, Vasa, and Titanic WWW pages), maritime history (including links to the Viking and pirate home pages!), on-line publications, and lots of other good stuff.
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NASA (General)
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On-Line
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- Astronomical Images from the Anglo-Australian Observatory
Almost 150 "low resolution digital derivatives" of colour photographs". For personal use only. You need written permission for any other kind of use.
- An Astronomy Course Using the Internet
"Observing the Night Sky", "Light Pollution", "Galaxies & Quasars", and loads of other stuff, spiced with images and links to other sites.
- The Basics of Space Flight
A "sequence of training modules" for the newbie. Covers everything from Newtonian Mechanics, through telecommunications and spacecraft navigation, to typical onboard subsystems. Nicely explained. A downloadable PDF version also available.
- CDS: The Catalogue of Catalogues
Hundreds of downloadable astronomical catalogues.
- Eric's Treasure Trove of Astronomy and Planetary Science
The title says it all. Not a pile of links! This is a trove of "tidbits" on everything from Absolute Magnitude to Zodical Light. The same guy also has a Maths Treasure Trove.
- NASA's Planetary Photojournal
A service "designed to provide...easy access to the publicly released images from various Solar System exploration programs." Over 200 images (with more "Real Soon Now"). For a second site, click here.
- Nine Planets (Australian mirror)
"A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System". (Click here for the main (American) site.)
- Planetary Sciences at the NSSDC
The National Space Science Data Centre is the "deep archive for NASA planetary & lunar data in digital, document, & photographic formats".
- Planet Earth Home Page--Astronomy & Space Science
- Procyon Systems Astronomy Page
Software tools for amateur astronomers. (As well as the current weather in central Florida & sun & moon rise/set, & astronomical twilight calculation.)
- Sunrise/Sunset computation (US places only)
For any 20th century date (though daylight time "may not be correct" for dates <1976).
- Views of the sky
- GalacticSky Charts
Monthly charts of the night sky as seen (at 10pm local time) from the two 40th parallels (both N & S). Plus a planet finder, celestial sphere, & photo gallery.
- The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas
Webpages for an exhibition of 44 rare star atlases and maps at the Linda Hall Library, an independent research library in the US.
- SkyView
"A Virtual Observatory for the Net." It "generates images of any part of the sky at wavelengths in all regimes from radio to gamma-ray."
- Solar System Live: an Interactive Orrey
Also includes links to Terranova ("a new terraformed planet every day") and Earth Viewer, where you can "view either a map of the Earth showing the day and night regions at this
moment, or view the Earth from the Sun, the Moon, the night side of the Earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or from a satellite in Earth orbit."
- A View of the Moon
View the moon (as seen from Earth) as it currently is or at any other date.
- Welcome to the Planets (Australian mirror)
A "collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program", together with a (brief) profile of each world. (Click here for the main (American) site.)
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| Specialised Interest Pages |
- Candleflames in Microgravity
Why a candle won't work (for long) in space.
- Extrasolar Planets
All the latest on 51 Pegasi, 70 Virginis, and company from San Francisco State University's Planet Search Project.
- A Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Astronomy
Astronomy in Ancient Mesopotamia.
View the moon (as seen from Earth) as it currently is or at any other date.
- Orbital Space Settlements
Everything you wanted to know about 'em but didn't know where to ask.
- SETIQuest Online
The SETIQuest website, the Magazine of SETI and Bioastronomy.
- 3-D Star Maps
A terrific site for astronomy buffs. A complete step-by-step guide for creating your own 3-dimensional star maps of the Sun & its neighbours. Formulae, software, 2 (downloadable) versions of the Gliese catalogue of nearby stars, a sample map... You name it.
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| Languages |
- Model Languages
"Some people build model airplanes, some craft model trains and some... well, they invent model languages."
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| Libraries |
A selection of non-university ones only. A more complete list (of both Australian & overseas libraries) can be found by clicking here
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Literature &
the Classics |
- Classical Literature Archive, The
Herodotus on the Internet. A searchable archive of nearly 400 ancient Greek & Latin texts in English translation (plus links to the original electronic source texts & to other classical literature resources on the Net) from over 30 authors, including Aristophanes, Hippocrates, Homer, Thucydides, Virgil, and Xenophon. (The archive also includes at least one more modern work: a translation of Machiavelli's "The Prince".)
- "Electronic Beowulf" Project
- The Perseus Project
"An Evolving Digital Library on Ancient Greece."
- Texts are in Greek as well as English translation.
- Includes an on-line encyclopaedia with keyword links from the English versions & then back from the encyclopaedia to the texts. (Each ancient author also has a bio in the encyclopaedia.)
- Various morphological tools linked to the Greek texts.
- Includes tools of art & archaeological interest (such as coin, site, & vase databases).
- Shakespeare
The complete works of The Bard in digital form.
- Tom's Own Pageroonie
Lots of classical & ancient world links.
- VoS English Literature: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval
General resources, texts, course syllabi, journals, listservers, newgroups, and lots more.
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| On-line Publications |
- Pathfinder
Online versions of such print publications as People, Life, Time, and Entertainment Weekly.
- WWW Virtual Library: Electronic Journals
Links to all kinds of on-line journals. Academic & reviewed journals, email newsletters, magazines & newpapers, etc.
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