THE ACROPOLIS MUSEUM - temporarily houses masterpieces of the ancient Greek civilization, dedicated to the most important of the Athenian sanctuaries

ANCIENT EGYPT WEBQUEST - You must locate the burial mask of the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen - on the inside of the mask is written a message that if successfully decoded could solve our earth's environmental crisis; your quest is to decode that message and return to our time

ANCIENT INDUS VALLEY - extensive treatment of this rich culture from ancient times, including a slide show, language, explorers and resources

ANCIENT ROME - a thorough treatment of everyday life in this important ancient city; listed alphabetically with all kinds of information about everyday life

AUSCHWITZ ALPHABET - reflection on the inhumanity of a WWII concentration camp through significant terms listed alphabetically and linked to more extensive information

BATTLE OF HASTINGS - the infamous battle fought on 14th October 1066, with over 300 maps and graphics and pages and pages of well organized facts

A BOKE OF GODE COOKERY - recipes from the medieval era, ready to whip up and chow down

CANADIANA - resource page for all things Canadian put together by a graduate student north of the border

CASTLE LEARNING CENTER - anything and everything to do with the formidable fortresses of Great Britain

COMPENDIUM OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE - everyday life in Elizabethan England; perfect for those teaching the late Renaissance

DECODING NAZI SECRETS - fascinating look at how code breakers in World War II worked to decode messages from Germany

ELIZABETHAN COSTUMING PAGE - superb presentation of costume from the height of the English Renaissance

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITISH HISTORY - Spartacus Internet Encyclopedia presents this coverage of Britain from 1700 through 1920

EURO DOCUMENTS - Western European (mainly primary) historical documents that are transcribed, reproduced in facsimile, or translated

EYEWITNESS TO HISTORY - nicely written and professionally formatted presentations on significant events in world history from the ancient world to today

FOUNDATION OF THE HELLENIC WORLD - directly from Greece, this site offers up-close examination of the people and places of the Hellenic era; includes interesting Olympic materials

GLORY OF BYZANTIUM - The Metropolitan Museum of Art's online exploration of Byzantine art in its first and second golden ages

HISTORY HOUSE - the real, down to earth stories about historic events and people - beyond the surface silver lining

HISTORYNET - the most thorough coverage of American and World history I've found on the Net; uses a variety of media and is updated daily

HYPER HISTORY - over a thousand files are interconnected throughout the website to create an online interactive world history chart of people, history, events and maps

LICENSE PLATES OF THE WORLD - a new hook in examining world cultures - tired of the flag/anthem/figurehead approach? Check it out!

MEDIEVAL SOURCEBOOK - broken down into selected texts, full text sources and saint's lives, this site is a wonderful reference tool for study of the Middle Ages

MIDDLE AGES - from the Annenberg/CPB Projects collection, an excellent presentation on medieval history

MR. DONN'S ANCIENT HISTORY PAGE - lesson plans and activities on ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, Egypt, Rome, China, Africa and the Americas

NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA - online presence of the traveling Hermitage exhibition; beautifully haunting

NOM EN HIEROGLYPHES - simply type in your name phonetically and see what it looks like in ancient egyptian hieroglyphics

NORMANDY 1944 - presented by Encyclopedia Britannica, this multimedia remembrance of Operation Overlord and the triumph that followed is superbly done

NUNAVUT - online "handbook" on new Canadian territory covering the central and eastern arctic regions of the nation

RENAISSANCE - an Annenberg/CPB project on the cultural rebirth of the Middle Ages - excellent production and activities

RENAISSANCE TOME OF ADVENTURE AND KNOWLEDGE - "Sir Clisto Seversword" takes you on a journey through the Middle Ages using sight and sound to simulate a right medieval experience - very different!

TODAY IN HISTORY- from the History Channel; allows you to search any date for significant events throughout history - the best site of its kind I've seen

TUDOR ENGLAND - history, daily life, architecture, maps, and resources on one of the great ruling houses of Europe; developed by students so it is ready for the classroom

WALK THROUGH TIME - elementary BBC site that presents the span of world history in an attractive, engaging format

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, GRANDMA? - an oral history of women involved in the second world war, captured here for all to share

WORLD WAR I: TRENCHES ON THE WEB - not only a great site, but a great rearch tool for studying the war to end all wars