Information Resources for Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia

General Sources
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Crete & Greece
Persepolis
Citing Your Sources - MLA Format

General Sources

A World History of Architecture
Book on reserve in the library. Available at the Reserve desk for use in the library.
This book and your textbook are good places to start collecting information on your topic.

Art History Resources on the Web
A comprehensive and up-to-date listing of authoritative art history Web sites compiled by Sweet Briar College Art History Professor, Christopher Witcombe.

Use Wikipedia to Find Credible Sources
While you may not use Wikipedia as a cited source in your project, you can visit the Wikipedia page on your topic to get basic information on your topic.

• If the article is tagged with warnings or there are few references listed to indicate where the information in the article came from, do not waste your time reading the article - look elsewhere for information.
• Check the References, Bibliography, and Related Links section of the Wikipedia article to determine if there are links to authoritative sources. You must evaluate the appropriateness of these links for college research by identifying
  • who authored or claims responsibility for the information
  • what are the author's scholarly credentials
  • how current is the information
  • can you verify the information in another source

Ancient Egypt

Selected Books

The encyclopedia of ancient Egyptian architecture
Call No: Ref NA215 .A7513 2003

The Pyramids: the Mystery Culture, and Science of Egypt’s Great Monuments
Call Number: DT63 .V4713 2001 Regular Loan

The Origins of Western Art: Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Aegean
Call Number: N5345 .W613

Web Sites

Ancient Egypt - The British Museum
Thematic essays and images on ancient Egyptian pyramids and temples.

Giza, Egypt Mapping Project
The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago has been working in Giza since 1992. This Web site includes annual reports, articles and a computer model of Giza Plateau architecture.

Ancient Crete & Greece

Athena Review, Vol.3, no.3: Minoan Crete
Portion of a longer Athena Review article on the Palace of Minos.

Persepolis

Persepolis and Ancient Iran Catalog of Expedition Photographs
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
In addition to expedition photographs, this Web site includes specific building and city area historical and background information.

Citing Your Sources - MLA Format

General MLA Works Cited and In-Text Citation Guides

Print copies of the Morrisville guides are available at the reference desk in the library.

Morrisville State College MLA In-Text Citation Guide
Morrisville State College MLA Works Cited Guide
OWL at Purdue MLA Formatting and Style Guide - 2009 Update

Citing Images

Examples of Works Cited citations for images obtained from Web sites.

When the photographer or artist's name is given

Use the photographer or artist's name as the first element of the citation:

Bodsworth, Jon. "The Private Tomb of Ptahshepses a Vizier and Judge in the Reign of Sahure." n.d. Photograph. The

          Egypt Archive. Web. 25 Jan. 2010.

When the photographer or artist's name is not given

Use the title of the photograph or image, in quotation marks, as the first element of the citation:

"Crete." Map. Google Maps. Google, 25 Jan. 2010. Web. 25 Jan. 2010.