~ Early Web Links ~

ORB (Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies) is an academic encyclopedia and reference site written and maintained by medieval scholars for instructors and serious students. It offers an encyclopedia, textbook library, teaching resources, e-texts, and a reference shelf covering the breadth of medieval history and culture.

The Roman Provincial Coinage (RPC) project is an authoritative academic database cataloguing over 71,000 coin types minted in the provinces of the Roman Empire, published jointly by the British Museum Press and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Hosted by the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, it offers searchable records by magistrate, city, countermark, and ruler, making it an essential reference for numismatists, historians, epigraphists, and archaeologists studying ancient Rome.

The Order of the Founders of North America (OFNA) is a lineage society dedicated to memorializing the individuals who colonized North America, the Caribbean, and offshore North Atlantic Islands between 1492 and 1692. The site covers membership applications, the society's history and mission, and features content about early European exploration including the origin of the name 'America'.

Created by Christie Ward (writing as Gunnvör silfrahárr), the Viking Answer Lady is a comprehensive reference site covering Viking Age history, daily life, technology, agriculture, warfare, art, literature, mythology, and religion. Originally written as articles for an SCA newsletter in the early 1990s, this meticulously researched site has grown into one of the most thorough English-language resources on medieval Scandinavian civilization.

Created by Marvin J., ancient-greek.net is a growing reference hub dedicated to the Ancient Greek language and culture, spanning from the Classical Period through the Byzantine era. Visitors will find free audiobooks, original translations, vocabulary files, grammar resources, and even an Ancient Greek Wordle, making it a surprisingly rich destination for language learners and history enthusiasts alike.

Claire's 'Fabled' is a deeply nostalgic personal site dedicated to documenting the weird, liminal, and often forgotten corners of millennial internet and digital culture from the 1990s and 2000s. With articles covering everything from 4chan sorcerers and weblog scandals to Y2K aesthetics and AOL profiles, it reads like a lovingly curated oral history of early internet life.

The Davistown Museum in Liberty, Maine is dedicated to preserving and interpreting the hand tools of New England's maritime and early industrial culture, with two physical locations and an extensive online presence. Visitors can explore annotated tool inventories, photo tours, unpublished essays, museum publications, bibliographies, and a Maine Artists Guild Gallery showcasing contemporary Maine art.

Gene Slover's US Navy Pages is a comprehensive archive dedicated to preserving US naval history, covering battleships, aircraft carriers, destroyers, submarines, and ordnance documents including rare technical manuals and ordnance pamphlets. Maintained in honor of the late Gene Slover, the site features sailors' stories, Medal of Honor tributes, historical footage, and detailed gunnery range tables spanning decades of American naval warfare.

Catherine (also known as Fei) has built a richly themed personal site centered on her passion for medieval history, Catholic imagery, theology, and classical literature. Visitors will find shrines dedicated to games like Pathologic and The Witcher, original art, and a distinctive labyrinth aesthetic drawing from medieval iconography and devotion to Saint Catherine of Siena.

Stone Pages is a comprehensive web guide to megalithic Europe, created by Paola Arosio and Diego Meozzi over 32 years of personally visiting and photographing 529 prehistoric archaeological sites across England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales. With 7,763 webpages covering stone circles, dolmens, standing stones, barrows, hillforts, and more, it is one of the oldest and most thorough online references for European prehistory, complete with news, tours, a glossary, and a podcast.