Assyriology & Akkadiology

Recontre Assyriologique Internationale (Universiteit Leiden) This is the homepage of the website of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale - International Congress of Assyriology & Near Eastern Archaeology. The site contains a list of rencontres to be held in the near future, links to the websites of the organizing institutions, a list of Names and Addresses, Institutions, Past rencontres, Current Ph.D. research, and more.

The Palace of Ashurbasirpal II (Holly Pittman) This page contains two short movie clips of an 3-D animated fly-through of the Palace of Ashurnasirpal. "The animated flythrough was created by Francine Jaskiewicz. The video was filmed by Information Systems and Computing at the University of Pennsylvania. Choose the version most suitable for your computer."

Ancient Assyria (The History of the Ancient Near East; Electronic Compendium) See also Al Jazirah Region; Sumer (Mesopotamia) [Southern Iraq]; Akkad (Mesopotamia) [Middle Iraq]; Old Babylonian Period (Hammurabi); Hurrians – Kingdom of Mitanni; Neo-Babylonian Period (Chaldea).

The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology Faq (Christopher B. Siren)

The Ziggurats (Ora Zehavi, The University of Haifa Library) See: Archimedia I – Architecture in Ancient Near East. The object of the Archimedia project is to allow students to understand what ancient buildings looked like and how they were constructed. It does this by displaying numerous views, plans and sections, as well as axonometric and computerized reconstructions of these buildings. The project concentrates on buildings from Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia. It is organized according to each building, and includes a description of its materials and building techniques, followed by a visual comparison of all the buildings involved.

ABZU: Mesopotamia (The Research Archives of the Oriental Institute, Chicago by Charles E. Jones) "Index of Resources for the Study of Ancient Mesopotamia, including the Territory under the control of modern state of Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, and Turkey.

The En-hedu-Ana Research Pages (Michelle Hart)

Enhenduanna (Other Women's Voices)

The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute (Director: Barbara N. Porter) "The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute was organized in 1997 to advance knowledge of the history, culture, and languages of the ancient Near East by: Holding occasional conferences that allow distinguished scholars in these fields to exchange information and ideas, and disseminating the results of such exchanges to the interested general public in the form of publications in recognized scholarly presses; Holding occasional public lectures, panel discussions, or other public presentations; Cooperating with educational institutions and other research organizations.

Nuzi & The Hurrians: A Town and Its People (The Semitic Museum, Cambridge, MA)

Mesopotamia (The British Museum)

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