Arachne
Part of a larger ongoing project to digitize the archives of the German Archaeological Institute kept in the Institutes’ branches outside Germany. The archive of the Tehran Branch of the Eurasia Department have been partially made accessible.
View WebsiteAncient World Online
Exceedingly useful tool in the form of a blogpost introducing hundreds of open-access monographs and journals for the study of the ancient world.
View WebsiteBibliographia Iranica
A website dedicated to ancient Iranian epigraphic sources, manuscripts, and literary works.
View WebsiteEncyclopedia Iranica
One of the most consulted websites dedicated to the study of the Iranian World, with a large number of entries on Iranian archaeological sites.
View WebsiteInternet Archive
Free-access digital library of journals, books, and audiovisual documents.
View WebsiteIranohellenica
A website dedicated to Greco-Iranian relations from the Achaemenid to Sasanian periods with a catalogue of sites with Greek or Hellenistic remains.
View WebsiteJstor
A digital library of scholarly journals and periodicals, including Artstor images linked to specific searches.
View WebsiteLivius
An online resource for the history of ancient Greece and Rome with hundreds of pages on ancient history and archaeology of Iran arranged in an alphabetical order.
View WebsitePersee
A free-access digital library of French language journals and periodicals in humanities and social sciences.
View WebsitePersepolis Fortification Archive
Part of the broader research projects in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the webpage introduces the PFT project and gives access to the Persepolis archive database using the Online Cultural and Historical Research Environment
View WebsiteSasanika
A website dedicated to the study of Iran in the Late Antique period, more precisely in the Sasanian period. Sasanika has sections on the material culture of the Sasanian Empire such as archaeological sites, inscriptions, coins, and seals.
View WebsiteAchemenet
(NOTE: this site is both non-secure with no SSL AND out of date copyright.)
The Achemenet Project and website founded by Pierre Briant provides a wide array of digitized publications and resources on the Achaemenid Empire and the Hellenistic period.