History

Salem. You are there...and have been accused of being a witch. A powerful, intense, and very interactive history lesson.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/

Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends An Archive of History and Historical Resources

Virtual Renaissance: A Journey Through Time. Travel back through time to examine the Plague, the times of Shakespeare, the Tower of London, and other aspects of the Renaissance. Created by students at Twin Groves Jr. High in Buffalo Grove, Ill., as part of the ThinkQuest competition.
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/VirtualRen.html

Africa Information Center. Basic facts on the economies, cultures, and histories of African countries. Includes tourist information. http://www.hmnet.com/africa/1africa.html

The Ancient City of Athens. This site is a photographic archive of the archaeological and architectural remains of ancient Athens (Greece). It is intended primarily as a resource for students of classical languages, civilization, art, archaeology, and history at Indiana University who may wish to take a “virtual tour” of the chief excavated regions and extant monuments. http://www.indiana.edu/~kglowack/athens/

The Ancient Greek World. Welcome to a partial presentation, in digital form, of a real-life exhibit on ancient Greek life using artifacts and photographs to help illustrate aspects of that life. http://www.museum.upenn.edu./Greek_World/Intro.html

The Ancient Greeks. The culture, people, and history of ancient Greece are presented in this site. The two most important concepts that the ancient Greeks followed were found inscribed on the great shrine of Delphi, which read “Nothing in excess” and “Know thyself.” This philosophy formed and shaped Greek civilization. http://www.arwhead.com/Greeks/

ArabNet: Arab Countries. This is an important online resource about the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa. It presents information on Arab art, homes, economics, history, and even the A-to-Z of camels. http://www.arab.net/

Castles of the World. A great castle page by Jaime J. Fernandez; includes links to many other castle sites on the Web. http://www.castles.org/index.htm

Castles on the Web. A beautifully designed and carefully researched site by Ted Monk. A great “Castles for Kids” section. http://www.castlesontheweb.com/

China Today. A most comprehensive database on contemporary China, including a beautiful pictorial section on the unearthed historic treasures in Henan, Central China (in the Provinces and Major Cities section). http://www.chinatoday.com/

Egyptian Hieroglyphics. At this site you can type in a letter or a sentence and have it translated into hieroglyphics. http://www2.torstar.com/rom/egypt/

Encyclopaedia of the Orient. History, people, and country information from the Orient. http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm

Hercules: Greece’s Greatest Hero. This is part of the scholarly Perseus Project at Tufts University, but useful to grasp the place of Hercules in myth and history. http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Hercules/

Ice Treasures of the Inca. This offers and interactive journey with climber Johan Reinhard to find the great treasures of the Inca. You can follow the step-by-step journey of discovery. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/

InfoNation. Choose two countries and the site will compare them statistically, economically, and more. http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm

Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a global information network providing free, organized access to electronic resources in medieval studies through a Web server at Georgetown University. http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/labyrinth-home.html

Life in Ancient Egypt. The Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has acquired Egyptian artifacts since its founding and now holds about 2,500 ancient Egyptian artifacts. http://www.clpgh.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/index.html

Little Horus Web Site. The first Egyptian Web site designed and developed specially for kids around the globe. http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/

Rabbit in the Moon. This site includes a large amount of information on ancient Mayan culture and offers the chance to learn to write your name in Mayan glyphs. http://www.halfmoon.org/

RMS Titanic. Destination . . . Cyberspace. The Titanic departed from Southampton, England, on her first and only voyage Wednesday, April 10, 1912. She was the largest ship ever built at the time, reaching three football fields in length and twelve stories high.  http://www.gwi.net/~paul/

Titanic Historical Society. In the totally unexpected location far from the ocean in landlocked Western Massachusetts in the Henry’s Jewelry building, this unique, privately-owned display is dedicated to the ill-fated liner and open to the public during the owner’s regular business hours.  http://www.titanic1.org