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The Bir Umm Fawakhir Project
Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago survey of a 5th-7th century site in Egypt.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/faw/
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The Epigraphic Survey
Oriental Institute at University of Chicago survey of Luxor directed by W. Raymond Johnson.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/epi/
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The Luxor-Farshut Desert Road Project
(Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago) Survey of a desert site which has revealed various ancient graffiti.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/projects/des/
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The Nubia Salvage Project
Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago project to salvage in the reservoir area of the Aswan High Dam (1960-64).
http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/NUB/Nubia.html
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Project ArAGATS - The Archaeology and Geography of Ancient Transcaucasian States
A joint Armenian-American archaeological research project to understand the transformation of early Transcaucasian societies from small pastoral and agricultural communities during the 3rd millennium B.C. into organized provinces of empires less than two
http://acc.spc.uchicago.edu/~atsmith/Pages/Aragats.html
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Dietler Discovers Statue in France that Reflects an Etruscan Influence
From the Chronicle, life-sized statue of a warrior discovered in southern France reflects a stronger cultural influence for the Etruscan civilization throughout the western Mediterranean region than previously appreciated.
http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/040219/statue.shtml
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Excavations at Isthmia
University of Chicago reports and final publication of objects found at the Sanctuary of Poseidon on the Isthmus of Corinth and surrounding area.
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/isthmia/isthmia.html
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Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria
1848 volume by George Dennis. The complete work online. 1165 pages, engravings, maps, and plans.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/_Periods/Roman/Archaic/Etruscan/_Texts/DENETR*/
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Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
Samuel Ball Platner's "A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome" from 1929 is still a valuable resource on the monuments of ancient Rome. LacusCurtius features major parts of the work, searchable and extensively interlinked.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Roma/Rome/.Texts/PLATOP*/home*.html
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Codrington's Roman Roads in Britain
Full text of Thomas Codrington's classic early 20C work provided online by Bill Thayer. Searchable. Italian, Spanish and French language versions available.
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Periods/Roman/Topics/Engineering/roads/Britain/_Texts/CODROM/
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