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	Diotima: Women and Gender in the Ancient World - http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ Scholarly multi-disciplinary resource focused on women's history in the ancient world. Comprehensive original sources, bibliographies, links, search capability, essays.
	Internet Women's History Sourcebook - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.html#Rome The sourcebook provides extensive original source materials, discussion and links on the history of women in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome, as well as women's history resources to the present.
	Women's Ancient History (About.com Guide) - http://womenshistory.about.com/od/ancient/Ancient_History.htm Articles and links on women's history and contributions in the ancient world, including Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and in early Christianity.
	Women's Lives in Mesopotamia - http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/lesson2.html Discussion, analysis of Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets and artifacts to define women's lives in ancient Mesopotamia: from "Women in World History" curriculum.
	Images of Women in Ancient Art - http://www.arthistory.sbc.edu/imageswomen/ Art reflecting women in ancient cultures; part of Honors Seminar at SweetBriar College.

	The Costumer's Manifesto - http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm Site devoted to recreating Greek and Roman costumes: historical information, links about women's dress in the ancient world.
	Midwives and Maternity Care in the Ancient World - http://www.indiana.edu/~ancmed/midwife.HTM Analysis of obstetrics,childbirth, folk medicine, neonatal care and midwifery in the Graeco-Roman world. From HELIOS.
	Ancient History Sourcebook: The Code of the Assura, c. 1075 BCE - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/1075assyriancode.html Excerpts from ancient Assyrian law codes: multiple entries on women's duties and behavior.
	Ancient/Classical History - Lives of Ancient Women - http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/biographieswomen/ Biographies and articles on women in the ancient world, including queens, poets, philosophers, scientists and courtesans.
	Celtic Women: Myth and Symbol - http://www.uidaho.edu/student_orgs/arthurian_legend/celtic/women/ Study of ancient Celtic female deities and women's status in Celtic legend.

	The Amazons - http://www.myrine.at/Amazons/ Selections from articles, art, and archeological exploration on whether the Amazons existed.
	Women In The Ancient World - http://www.womenintheancientworld.com/ Series of articles dealing with the lives of women in ancient Greece, Rome, Israel, and Egypt.
	Women and Women's Communities in Ancient Japan - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/WOMEN.HTM Extended discussion of historical role of women in ancient Japan based on their diaries and other literary works.
	The New AmazoNation - http://www.amazonation.com Multi-faceted discussion of legendary Amazon women warriors, matriarchies, female divinities and priestesses in ancient history to present times.
	Florilegium: People in the Ancient World - http://cornellia.fws1.com/ Comprehensive biography of Cleopatra of Egypt; shorter bios of famous women of the ancient world including Zenobia, Fulvia, Julia Domna, Cornelia, Zenobia, among others. Bibliography, sources.

	Women's Lives in Ancient Persia - http://www.parstimes.com/women/women_ancient_persia.html Article outlining evidence of social history for women living in ancient Achaemenid times.
	Lothene: Women Warriors Throughout History - http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/others/womenrom.html Archeological, artistic and literary evidence for existence of female warriors and gladiators from the ancient to modern world.

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