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Image of the front of Aegina, Temple of Aphaia by Maria Daniels. It shows the ruins of a Greek temple with the remaining columns standing.
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Perseus Digital Library

Perseus is a valuable resource for more general studies of history and historical methods both for the range of information it presents and for the tools it provides.
The image is of "Child with Fox Mask; Gosho Doll" from the museum's collections. It is a small, white porcelain figure of a child wearing a textile decorated with flowers. A separate image of the doll on the site shows a fox mask for it to wear.
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Kyoto National Museum

The museum site is accessible and user-friendly. It will be particularly valuable for instructors looking to mobilize a collection of images and objects from ancient through early modern periods of Japanese history for student exploration.
Stone tablet from Gilgamesh's Epic. The specific tablet is number 11 discussing the Flood Narrative.
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Internet Ancient History Sourcebook

This site was designed to provide classroom teachers with an extensive, well-organized collection of ancient Mediterranean literary texts and, to a lesser extent, art and archaeological sources.
Persepolis - Apadana of Darius (ca. 520 B.C.) - Detail of the middle register of the left side of the eastern stairway, showing foreigners bringing tribute.
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Oriental Institute Museum Photographic Archives

These photographs are invaluable sources for teachers who wish to illustrate lessons about the ancient civilizations of the Middle East or discussions about archeological research.
Image of wall art depicting a cow found in La Grotte de Lascaux
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Great Archaeological Sites

The sites are not designed as collections of primary materials (though much primary visual and archaeological data is embedded), but as synopses of particular topics, sites, or excavations. With this in mind, any of these sites would be an excellent place for students to learn the basics of a
Image of Palenque Ruins in Chiapas, Mexico
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Mesoamerican Photo Archives

The excellent images provided here can serve as a stimulus to further research for students interested in Mesoamerican history and in broader comparative history.
Detail of an engraving showing Saint Peter's cathedral ca. 1587
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Vatican Library

But the best use of this site might be to accept it as an exhibit and encourage students to wander through it themselves, stopping where they choose, so that they discover the beauty and variety of the collection.
Gertrude Bell standing in a mosque's decorated arch
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Gertrude Bell Project

In the teaching of world history, this site lends itself to exploring both the themes of women travelers and their writing, as well as the timely topic of European intervention in the Middle East, in particular Iraq.
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe's elliptical building
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Internet African History Sourcebook

The site provides broad chronological and geographic coverage, with a particularly impressive list of sources for ancient Egypt and Greek and Roman Africa. It is a gateway to an abundance of information.
A close up of the ships outside the port Santo Domingo during a pirate attack
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Vistas: Visual Culture in Spanish America, 1520-1820

Students could speculate on who made the objects, who used them, and how they were used. This would give them a sense of the kind of interpretive work done by historians.