Ancient History: Websites

From Fordham University. A collection of public domain and copy-permitted historical texts presented cleanly (without advertising or excessive layout) for educational use.

The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.
The WDL makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from all countries and cultures.

ETANA is a multi-institutional collaborative project initiated in August 2000, as an electronic publishing project designed to enhance the study of the history and culture of the ancient Near East.
Includes
Abzu - a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world.

Since planning began in 1985, the Perseus Digital Library Project has explored what happens when libraries move online. Two decades later, as new forms of publication emerge and millions of books become digital, this question is more pressing than ever. Perseus is a practical experiment in which we explore possibilities and challenges of digital collections in a networked world.
Perseus maintains a web site that showcases collections and services developed as a part of our research efforts over the years.

Try using their search option for the city you choose to do research on. The MET has a plethora of artifacts on display from ancient Mesopotamia.

The British Museum has thousands of artifacts to view online. Use the search feature to find items from specific places.