Classics, Ancient History, Anthropology, Archaeology, Oriental Studies
Students who are interested in how ancient people across the globe lived, what they wrote, thought, did and how they influenced the modern world study a number of different degrees at university. You can read about those degrees in the A-Z of courses. You might also want to take a look at:
Oxford student videos asking 'big questions' about studying the ancient world on our YouTube channel
A radio documentary about Homer's Iliad
The university museum - the Ashmolean's - online collection of historical artefacts
This video about Classics and a career in the video gaming industry
This article on race and Classics
Virtual access to the British Museum via GoogleMaps (this link takes you straight into the gallery in front of the Rosetta stone!)
These articles from Aeon magazine about Archaeology
A radio documentary about Greek myths
This course on historical linguistics by a Cambridge professor (note, this website usually operates a subscription model, but you can get free access via this link)
A searchable archive of objects that tell the history of the world
Charlotte's review of this book about women and power from the ancient world to the present day
These lectures, from Gresham College, about Anthropology
An interactive map showing how different ancient civilisations interacted across the world
A radio discussion of the Amazons