Web Directory

» Archaeological Sites in the Near East
   List of links maintained by the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.
   http://www.etana.org/abzu/

» Archaeologists Excavate Monastery to Reveal Gaza Strip's Ancient Lineage
   From Ekathimerini, away from the ongoing violence, researchers uncover the vestiges of Palestine's Byzantine past.
   http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/news/content.asp?aid=19621

» Archaeology in the Levant
   The University of California San Diego reports on its projects in Israel and Jordan.
   http://weber.ucsd.edu/Depts/Anthro/classes/tlevy/

» History of the Ancient Near East
   Mark McDonald provides information and links on the archaeological sites of the region from Turkey to Southwestern Iran.
   http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/

» Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia
   A description including: emergence, excavation, discovery and decipherment, reconstructing history, and a table of Mesopotamian chronology.
   http://www.ianlawton.com/mes1.htm

» Oriental Institute Museum: Mesopotamia
   Images and descriptions of objects in the University of Chicago center's collection.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/museum/highlights/meso.html

» The Jazira Project
   Report of the Oriental Institute's geomorphological projects within the Jazira of Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/JAZ/Jazira.html

» The Joint Prehistoric Project
   The Joint Prehistoric Project comprises several archaeological expeditions in Iraq, Iran, and Turkey dating from 1947. All of these separate excavations, however, sought the solution to a general problem: "How are we to understand those great changes in m
   http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/PRE/Prehistoric.html

» Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project
   A multi-year excavation and survey project aimed at defining archaeological correlates of ancient imperialism, colonialism and culture contact in the Mesopotamian frontier zone.
   http://www.utarp.org/