CLS 271: Race & Ethnicity in the Classical World

Antiquity à la Carte 

The Antiquity À-la-carte application is a web-based GIS interface and interactive digital atlas of the ancient world, featuring accurate historical, cultural, and geographical data produced by the AWMC in addition to the entire Pleiades Project feature set. The map is completely searchable with customizable features, allowing for the creation of any map covering Archaic Greece to Late Antiquity and beyond.

ArcGIS StoryMap

Use the simple map maker to create custom maps to enhance your digital storytelling. Or add text, photos, and videos to your existing ArcGIS web maps and web scenes to create an interactive narrative that's easy to publish and share. 

Here are some useful digital collections and hints about where to find rights information. Note: While these resources are listed here because they clearly indicate the copyright status of items, some of their collections include copyrighted items. Be sure to check the rights information and follow requirements for reuse.

Image Resources from Research and Cultural Heritage Organizations

• Ancient World Image Bank
  • Flicker group created by New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Contributors are required to share their images under a Creative Commons license and preferably a Creative Commons Attribution (cc-by) license. 
• Getty Open Content Program
  • The Getty makes available images in the public domain or for which it is the rights holder through its Open Content Program. More information on using items in the Open Content Program can be found here.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collections
  • A search option allows for searching only items which are in the public domain. Under "Show Only" select "Open Access."
• Perseus Art & Archaeology
  • Search all text in the Perseus Digital Library using a specific language. This search will also return links to entries in language dictionaries
• ARTStor
  • Use the Advanced Search and limit your searches chronologically to 500 BCE to 500 CE​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Other Image Resources

• Creative Commons Image Search
  • Search for images with Creative Commons Licenses from freely available resources including Europeana, Wikimedia Commons, and Flickr
• Wikimedia Commons
  • Media repository to which anyone can contribute. Search for items and click on "More Details" to find out about the permissions afforded under the license for the item.​

If you need more information about Creative Commons, take a look at the descriptions of Creative Commons licenses.

Resources for finding information about locations, including latitude and longitude. 

• Pleiades 
  • Find information about ancient places.
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
  • Resource for looking up place names and related information. Includes historical place names.

Find information about how to cite images on the F&M Library's Citing Sources guide.