About
Ancient History Encyclopedia is a non-profit community website that uses definitions, timelines, maps, illustrations, and articles to present ancient history in a very accessible way.
The aim of this site is to promote ancient history, and to make it freely accessible for everybody. The website is built by the ancient history community, and every item is reviewed for quality.
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Our Vision
Ancient History Encyclopedia is a source of ancient history information, provided by a community of historians and history enthusiasts. The goal is to make quality ancient history information freely available on the internet, which is something that is clearly missing: Books are expensive, Wikipedia is comprehensive but unreliable, and many other sites are either amateurish, with a nationalist agenda, or their presentation is so bad that it nearly makes them useless.
Peer Review
In order to make Ancient History Encyclopedia a free source of quality information, all content on this website is reviewed for quality before it is published. We aim to peer review as much content as possible to ensure quality. Our team consists of volunteers who are qualified in the field of ancient history, such as teachers, historians, archaeologists, or writers. If you wish to help, please contact us.
Non-Profit
Ancient History Encyclopedia is a non-profit website. There is no company behind the site, and we do not aim to make money. As you have noticed, we don't have any ads on the site: This is because we believe that a good presentation is key in conveying information -- advertisements only distract from what's important.
Having said that, there are currently two ways in which we make some money: All the books on this site come from Amazon, and when you buy a book through our site, we get a small commission. Also, in the Google search there are some ads, for which we also get money when you click them. All money that we earn is used to pay for the servers, and for upgrading to better servers. We want to give you a great user experience without endless waiting for your information.
The Team
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Jan van der Crabben
MA War Studies, King's College London Jan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Ancient History Encyclopedia. He has a passion and interest for ancient history for many years. Originally trained as a journalist he now works as a game designer of historical computer games including BAFTA-winning Empire: Total War, Napoleon: Total War, Remanum, and The Ancient Mediterranean Mod. The idea to launch this site came from the fact that it is hard to find reliable free online information on ancient history. He is not peer reviewing any content himself as he is not a professional historian. As a former journalist he is the guardian of high-quality writing on the site. |
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Joshua J. Mark
MA English, SUNY College New Paltz Joshua is a freelance writer and part-time College Professor who has taught both introductory and upper level philosophy, english and history courses. Believing that one gains a greater insight into literature, philosophy, or any other subject, through a knowldege of history, Joshua has included the study of history in the pursuit of both his academic degrees and emphasizes history in the courses he teaches. He writes for Ancient History Encyclopedia because he admires the vision of Ancient History Encyclopedia in providing a free, reliable, peer-reviewed site on ancient history. Joshua' s area of expertise is ancient Mesopotamian and ancient Greek history, though he does write on other subjects. He is the author of the novel The Girl From Yesterday which touches upon history as it deals with the tragedy of the wreck of the liner The Empress of Ireland in 1914 and has also published short stories in print and on-line. |
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James Wiener
MA World History, New York University James is the news editor of Ancient History Encyclopedia, providing a continuous listing of must-read articles, exciting museum exhibitions, and recent book reviews. Trained as a historian and researcher, and previously a professor, James is a freelance writer who is keenly interested in cross-cultural exchange. Currently, he co-manages the Ancient History Group on LinkedIn and writes for the online magazine, The Asia Files. Committed to fostering increased awareness of the ancient world, James welcomes you to the Ancient History Encyclopedia and hopes that you find his news pieces to be "illuminating." |
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Patrick Hurley DPhil Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Liverpool Adjunct Professor, Department of Classics and Humanities at Montclair State University. |
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Dr. Donald L. Wasson
DA History, Illinois State University I presently teach both Ancient/Medieval History and U. S. History at Heartland Community College and Lincoln College / Normal Campus in Normal, Illinois. Prior to my teaching college classes, I taught GED (high school equivalency - English, Math and Reading) classes for the Illinois Department of Corrections, retiring in 2004. My love of ancient history stems from my college days when I was first introduced to Alexander the Great and his conquest of Persia. Since those days, I have enjoyed reading not only about the great ancient philosophers but also Greek Mythology, as well as the early days of the Roman Empire. While researching for my Ancient History class, I discovered the Ancient History Encyclopedia and immediately decided I wanted to be part of it. The articles/definitions I contribute and well as those I peer review have helped me immensely in my own teaching. I continually recommend the site to my students while researching assigned projects. |
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Lisa Swart PhD Ancient Cultures, Stellenbosch University, South Africa Lisa Swart is an independent Egyptologist, specializing in the Egyptian Third Intermediate Period, Egyptian art and iconography, funerary customs and theology. She has presented papers at various national and international conferences on the ancient world. She has also published several scholarly articles, with several more in line for submission including encyclopedia articles (paper and online). Currently, she serves as a peer-reviewer for several academic journals and an online ancient world encyclopedia. She is currently working on several projects on the Third Intermediate Period. Her pet project is a database of Third Intermediate funerary items in museums all over the world. A self-confessed history-geek, Lisa is passionate about history, from the ancient to modern times, and enjoys writing and reviewing historical works. She firmly believes that reliable, factually correct information should be freely available to everyone, which is why the Ancient History Encyclopedia is such fantastic tool! |
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Antoine Simonin MA Sciences de l'Antiquité, University of Strasbourg Antoine is one of the first contributors to Ancient History Encyclopedia. He's fascinated with both video games and history, and studied Ancient Times at the University of Strasbourg until 2011. He's a specialist in numismatics and Central Asia in hellenistic and imperial times, with his master's thesis on Hellenism and acculturation phenomena in Central Asia through numismatics (250 BC - 150 AD). He also is an active member of the Europa Barbarorum project, mods of the Total War games which proposes the most historical accuracy and gaming depth possible with the engines. Now making exams to work in libraries, he still keeps the research side, by writing articles, and through a soon-launched association. |
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Jan van der Crabben wrote on 03 February 2012 at 08:09:
Thanks, fixed it!
Terry Walsh wrote on 02 February 2012 at 20:42:
On the present title page, 'Monophalthalmus' should be 'Monophthalmos'.