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Images & 3D Models

Online Image Resources

    • : ca. 30,000 online images of sites, landscapes, and people in Jordan and other countries. Photo collections have finding aids.
    • : over 115,000 (mainly aerial) images and maps designed to discover, monitor, and record the settlement history of the Near East. Most images are on the archive鈥檚 .
    • : 2.4 million images related to archaeology and the study of the past. Also contains DAI photo libraries for departments in Cairo, Istanbul, and Damascus.
    • : over 120,000 images, publications, video, and pedagogical tools focused on architecture, urbanism, environmental and聽landscape design, visual culture, and conservation issues, with a particular focus on Muslim societies. Developed by the and the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT.
    • : over 64,000 images and manuscripts relating to the cultural history and heritage of the Middle East.
    • : database brings together聽satellite imagery and published reports to make available information about threatened archaeological sites and landscapes. Using , an open source platform designed by the and .
    • : images of Islamic monuments in Cairo with more from other parts of the Islamic world to be added. Also includes online articles and books. Content in English and Arabic.
    • :聽images of archaeological sites, buildings and art, covering the areas of the former Roman empire which later came under Islamic rule, such as Syro-Palestine/the Levant, Egypt and North Africa, as well as some bordering regions, such as Georgia and Armenia. The chronological range is from Alexander the Great (i.e., from about 300 BC) through the Islamic period. Material labelled in both English and Arabic.
    • : over 5,000 images of historical monuments and architecture from Iraqi Kurdistan and southeastern Anatolia (Turkey), to southern Iraq.
    • : images from many archaeological sites, including sites in Syria, Israel, Lebanon, and Jordan.
    • : images from many of the OI’s excavations.
    • : online image, manuscript, film and sound collections including the Thesiger Collection of over 5,000 images of Arabia.
    • : archaeological images from Syria, Sardis, Antioch-on-the-Orontes, Amman, Petra, Morgantina, and Marion.
    • : 3D models of sites, archaeological features, and objects from the Near East and Egypt.

Models of Near Eastern and Egyptian Objects for 3D Printing

Much of the content for these online resources came聽from H.Dixon, 鈥淲hat鈥檚 Already Out There? Online Resources for Teaching Ancient Near Eastern Studies and Cognate Fields,鈥澛燙reative Pedagogies for Teaching the Ancient Near East and Egypt聽session (M. Ameri and H. Dixon, chairs), 2019 ASOR Annual Meeting, San Diego.鈥