Subject-related web resources
The following links to authoritative online resources are related to the study of Coptology, Egyptology, Papyrology and Sudanology. They are freely available on the internet. Some links take you to invisible web sites which are excluded from general-purpose search engines and web directories.
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- General resources
- International book search
- Online catalogues
- New acquisitions lists
- Buying books
- News and blogs
- Databases and e-resources
- Film
- Coptology, Coptic Egypt and Papyrology
- Sudanology
- Dictionaries, portals and copyright
General resources
British Egyptological Societies Directory
Egyptologists' Electronic Forum
International Book Search
COPAC : Union catalogue of the online catalogues of the members of the Consortium of Research Libraries (British Isles)
IFLANET : a directory of all known current national union catalogues
The European Library (Europe)
Library of Congress Catalogue (Washington, USA)
LIBWEB : Library Servers via WWW (Worldwide)
LibDex : a comprehensive international library catalogue directory, index to 18,000 libraries
InforM25 : M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries (London and South East England)
Online catalogues
Online catalogues of Egyptological libraries or major libraries with good collections of books on Egypt and the Sudan
Australia
Canada
University of Toronto Libraries : the holdings of the two major Egyptological libraries, The John P. Robarts Library and the library of the Royal Ontario Museum, are included in this Union Catalogue
Czech Republic
Czech Institute of Egyptology (Prague)
Egypt
American University in Cairo Libraries
The National Library and Archives of Egypt
England
British Library (London)
Egypt Exploration Society Library Catalogue (London)
The holdings of the Sackler Library at Oxford University are included in the Oxford University Union Catalogue
France
French collective catalogue created by Higher Educational and Research Libraries
Germany
The holdings of the library of the Ägyptologisches Seminar at the Freie Universität Berlin are included in the University's Union Catalogue
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, fachbezogene Informationen Sondersammelgebiet Ägyptologie
The holdings of the library of the Seminar für Ägyptologie der Universität zu Köln are integrated in the University's Union Catalogue
Italy
Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino (Turin) : best library for the subject, an on-line catalogue is not yet available
Istituto Archeologico Germanico di Roma (Rome) : retro-conversion ongoing
Istituto Papirologico "Girolamo Vitelli" (Florence)
La Sapienza: Università degli Studi di Roma (Rome)
Biblioteca Pontificio Istituto Biblico (Rome)
Università di Bologna : Portale delle Bilioteche
Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" (Naples)
Japan
Database on the Ancient Egyptian Architecture part 1 and part 2, compiled by Prof. Shin-ichi Nishimoto (Institute for the History of Architecture, Waseda University Tokyo)
Netherlands
Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (Leiden)
Scotland
National Library of Scotland Online Catalogues (Edinburgh)
Switzerland
The holdings of the library of the Ägyptologisches Seminar at Basel University are included in the University's Union Catalogue
Réseau des bibliothèques de Suisse occidentale
USA
Brown University Library (Providence)
Cleveland Public Library (Cleveland)
Johns Hopkins University Libraries Catalogue (Baltimore)
Oriental Institute Library Catalogue (Chicago)
Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archive Catalogue : search the Wilbour Library for books on Ancient Egypt (Brooklyn)
University of California, Berkeley : Library (Berkeley)
UCLA Library (Los Angeles)
University of Pennsylvania Library Catalogue (Philadelphia)
Yale University Library (New Haven)
New acquisitions lists
New acquisitions list in Egyptology and Sudanology
Egypt Exploration Society Library (London)
Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Sondersammelgebiet Ägyptologie
Bibliothek des Seminars für Ägyptologie der Universität Heidelberg
Sackler Library (Oxford)
Wilbour Library at the Brooklyn Museum
Buying books
Advanced Book Exchange (International)
Atleest (Netherlands)
BookFinder (International)
Casalini libri (Italy)
Eisenbrauns (USA)
Dr Rudolf Habelt (Germany)
Harrassowitz Verlag (Germany)
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (Egypt)
Isseido Booksellers (Japan)
Joppa Books Limited (UK)
Leila Books (Egypt)
Librairie Cybèle (France)
Librairie Erasmus (France)
Librería Mizar (Spain)
Museum Books (UK)
Oxbow Books (UK)
Peeters (main office in Belgium)
Pórtico Librerías (Spain)
UKBookWorld.com (UK)
Yare Egyptology (UK) : specialised in the "supply of old and out-of-copyright books and journals on CD-ROM"
Verlag Philipp von Zabern (Germany)
News and blogs
Egyptologists' Electronic Forum : News: a moderated scholarly mailing list
Oriental Institute News & Notes
Databases and e-resources
ABZU : "Abzu is a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world"
Ancient Egyptian Cemeteries, Tombs, and Burials
Annual Egyptological Bibliography
Aigyptos : Database for Egyptological Literature
British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan
Digital Egypt for Universities (Petrie Museum, London)
Digitalisierte ägyptologische Print-Literatur und WWW-Publikationen (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Sondersammelgebiet Ägyptologie)
The Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey
Egyptian Antiquities Information System : Egyptian Antiquities Information System is the official Geographic Information System (GIS) department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA)
G. Möller, Hieratische Paläographie (Bde. 1-4, 1909-1936, 2. verb. Auflage, 1965)
PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology
SISYPHOS - Sammlung archäologischer und ägyptologischer Internetquellen
SSG-S - Subito : Document Delivery Service for the Special Subject Collections
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae (TLA) (Arbeitsstelle Altägyptisches Wörterbuch, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften) : "Im Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae wird ein digitales Corpus von Texten in ägyptischer (auch demotischer) Sprache zur computergestützten Recherche publiziert."
UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (Implementation Phase 1: 2006-2008); UEE Open Version
Wörterbuch der Ägyptischen Sprache and its Belegstellen
Film
The Ancient Egyptian Film Site
(warning: contains explicit material)
British Film Institute (London)
Librairie-boutique de l'Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris)
Coptology, Coptic Egypt and Papyrology
Coptic Orthodox Electronic Publishing (Australia)
W. Ewing Crum, A Coptic Dictionary, 1939
The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
International Association for Coptic Studies
The St. Pachomius Library : "A first draft for a living Encyclopædia of Orthodox Christianity"
The St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society
Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS)
The Duke Data Bank of Documentary Papyri (DDBDP)
Papyrology Home Page (Drew University, Madison)
Papyrology Resources in Perseus
Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik : articles of the years 1988-2000 can be downloaded for free
Sudanology
Durham University Library Sudan Archive
Meroitic newsletter : Reginald Smith has completed (May 2008) the digital compilation of The Meroitic Newsletter. Issues 1-30 are now available for free online, with dozens of articles
Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) (London)