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- 9000 Years of Anatolian Woman - Sculpture, artifacts reflecting millennia of women's lives in ancient Anatolia (Turkey). Primarily art, scant text.
www.ramtur.com/symposium/women1.htm
- Amazon Women Warriors in Ancient History - Resource site with historical sources, articles, art and links concerning the existence of the Amazons in ancient history.
www.speakeasy.org/~music/amazon.html
- Ancient History Sourcebook: The Code of the Assura, c. 1075 BCE - Excerpts from ancient Assyrian law codes: multiple entries on women's duties and behavior.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1075assyriancode.html
- And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible - Online reference book on biblical sexuality and gender relationships in ancient Israel.
www.hobrad.com/and.htm
- Antiqua Medicina: Women In Medicine - Brief article about midwifery in ancient Athens and the role of female midwives, including Agnodice.
www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/antiqua/stext.htm
- Book of Ruth: A Feminist Translation - A gender-inclusive, feminist analysis of women's history underlying the Biblical book of Ruth; commentary, illustrations, bibliography.
womensearlyart.net/ruth
- Celtic Women: Myth and Symbol - Study of ancient Celtic female deities and women's status in Celtic legend.
www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/celtic/women
- Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World - Scholarly multi-disciplinary resource focused on women's history in the ancient world. Comprehensive original sources, bibliographies, links, search capability, essays.
www.stoa.org/diotima
- Educated Women in Ancient Society - Discussion of women's education in ancient Greece, Egypt and Italy; sections discuss educational standards, women in religious roles, female philosophers and poets.
info-center.ccit.arizona.edu/~ws/ws200/fall97/grp3/grp3.htm
- Encyclopaedia Romana: Boudica - Comprehensive biography of British queen Boudica who rebeled against Rome in 60 AD.
itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Esnlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/boudica/boudicanrevolt.html
- Encyclopaedia Romana: Hypatia - Biography of famous the famous Alexandrian woman scholar, Hypatia, 5th Century A.D.
itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Esnlrc/encyclopaedia_romana/greece/paganism/hypatia.html
- Female Intellect in Antiquity - Brief discussion of famous women intellectuals, poets and philosophers in the ancient world.
w3.arizona.edu/~ws/ws200/fall97/grp3/part5.htm
- Florilegium: People in the Ancient World - Comprehensive biography of Cleopatra of Egypt; shorter bios of famous women of the ancient world including Zenobia, Fulvia, Julia Domna, Cornelia, Zenobia, among others. Bibliography, sources.
cornellia.fws1.com
- Images of Women in Ancient Art - Images, articles, art regarding women in prehistory, ancient Egypt, the Aegean, Palestine, Greece. Discussion topics, links, further reading.
www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen
- Internet Women's History Sourcebook - The sourcebook provides extensive original source materials, discussion and links on the history of women in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, as well as women's history resources to the present.
www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#Rome
- Justinian, Theodora and Procopius - Comprehensive site with biographies and sources of the legendary Byzantine Empress, Theodora, the Emperor Justinian, and their biographer, Procopius.
www.isidore-of-seville.com/justinian/1.html
- Lothene: Women Warriors Throughout History - Archeological, artistic and literary evidence for existence of female warriors and gladiators from the ancient to modern world.
www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/womenrom.html
- Lucath's Goddess Worship site - Descriptions of female divinities in the ancient world; discussion of the role of female goddesses in pagan and Christian history.
www.geocities.com/Wellesley/8347/goddess.html
- Midwives and Maternity Care in the Ancient World - Analysis of obstetrics,childbirth, folk medicine, neonatal care and midwifery in the Graeco-Roman world. From HELIOS.
www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/midwife.HTM
- The Amazons - Selections from articles, art, and archeological exploration on whether the Amazons existed.
www.myrine.at/Amazons
- The Costumer's Manifesto - Site devoted to recreating Greek and Roman costumes: historical information, links about women's dress in the ancient world.
www.costumes.org/pages/greeklinks.htm#Women's%20Dress
- The Lives of Romano-British Women - Series of articles discussing women's life in Roman Britain from BBC Archeology & Ancient History site.
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/women_01.shtml
- The New AmazoNation - Multi-faceted discussion of legendary Amazon women warriors, matriarchies, female divinities and priestesses in ancient history to present times.
www.amazonation.com
- The Spindle and The Shrine: Daily Life of Women in Classical Times - Documenting a 2000 exhibition at Indiana University, highlights aspects of women's daily and social life through archeological artifacts to examine multiple aspects of women's roles in ancient Greece and Rome.
www.indiana.edu/~anclife/index.html
- Women and Women's Communities in Ancient Japan - Extended discussion of historical role of women in ancient Japan based on their diaries and other literary works.
www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/WOMEN.HTM
- Women in the Ancient World - Discussion of women's lives in ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Israel and Babylon including legal status, bride and family customs, women's health, cultural norms. Short biographies of famous Roman women and empresses.
www.womenintheancientworld.com
- Women's Ancient History (About.com Guide) - Articles and links on women's history and contributions in the ancient world, including Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and in early Christianity.
womenshistory.about.com/cs/ancient
- Women's Life in Ancient Greece and Rome - Comprehensive original source materials in translation for women's studies in ancient Rome and Greece. Subjects cover law, poetry, literature, society, and more. Maintained at Diotima.
www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/wlgr/wlgr-index.html
- Women's Lives in Mesopotamia - Discussion, analysis of Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and artifacts to define women's lives in ancient Mesopotamia: from "Women in World History" curriculum.
www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html
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