The Virtual Mithraeum: A Temple to the Roman God Mithras
This website provides a 3-D view of a reconstructed Temple to Mithras, the original of which was founded during the Roman occupation of Britain, and excavated in England in the early twentieth century. The site provides information about the rituals and practices of Mithraism.
http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/archive/mithras/intro.htm Christian Classics Ethereal Library: Early Church Fathers
Visitors to this website will find numerous works by early Christian religious authority from both before and after the Council of Nicaea. The site includes Augustine's Confessions, his City of God, and many other writings.
http://www.ccel.org/fathers.html Scrolls from the Dead Sea (Library of Congress Exhibition)
Based on a Library of Congress exhibition that included fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls, this site provides background information about the Scrolls as well as translations of a few fragments.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/scrolls/ Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins
This useful website offers ready access to portions of important documents related to the history of early Christianity, from the time of Jesus' birth to the sixth century. The site includes a discussion of the source problems related to the subject and the controversies that such problems often arouse. Students will also find useful the accompanying websites, Internet Jewish History Sourcebook and Internet Islamic History Sourcebook.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook11.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/jewishsbook.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/islam/islamsbook.html Religion and Ethics: Islam
This website, maintained by the BBC, provides a good introduction to Islam, its main subdivisions, its practices, its artwork, and so forth.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/ Art History Resources on the Web: Islamic Art
This website doesn't contain original material; instead it provides access to dozens of links to other sites covering a variety of topics related to Islamic art (as well as that of many other cultures and time periods).
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHislamic.html Art Cylcopedia: Byzantine Art
This compendious website catalogues links to other sites (usually museum websites) where students can find images of the works of specific Byzantine artists (sometimes the links identify the specific artwork as well).
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/history/byzantine.html Olga's Gallery: New Testament Notes
This website identifies and reproduces a number of art pieces from throughout Western history that depict specific scenes from the New Testament, such as the arrest of Jesus and his crucifixion. The site is a good resource for showing how Christian scenes have been repeated and re-imagined in different eras.
http://www.abcgallery.com/newtestament.html The Minneapolis Institute of Art: The Art of Asia: Buddhism
This website provides a thorough introduction to Buddhism, including an account of its history, a guide to its various sects, and a description of the divine and semi-divine beings associated with Buddhism. The site contains maps, images of artistic objects, and a brief video on Japanese Buddhism.
http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/buddhism/ Timeline of Art History
This website, maintained by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, provides access to a good combination of images and thematic essays divided according to culture, time period, and medium. The site contains over a dozen pages dedicated to aspects of Islamic art and culture, including "Calligraphy in Islamic Art" and "Figural Representation in Islamic Art." See also the site's section on Byzantine Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=Islamic
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hi/te_index.asp?i=13 Internet Sacred Text Archive
This website provides access to the fundamental texts of a number of world religions. The site has sections dedicated to Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism (along with many other religious systems).
http://www.sacred-texts.com/
http://www.sacred-texts.com/jud/index.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/index.htm
http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/index.htm
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