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Ancient Art & Archaeology

What's in This Guide?

Terracotta chariot krater, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYThis guide provides library resources for art of the ancient Near East, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and pre-historic Europe.

Navigate the tabs on the left to find:

  • Books and eBooks
  • Encyclopedias and background sources
  • Magazines and scholarly journals
  • Images for research and inspiration
  • Useful websites and organizations
  • CCAD Special Collections materials
  • Review the Dewey Decimal System
  • Get writing or citation help

Browse for Books

For general overviews, browse the following areas:

709. 01 Prehistoric art

709.32 Egyptian art

709.35 Mesopotamian art

709.364 Celtic art

709.37 Roman art

709.38 & 709. 39 Greek and Minoan art

For books about Architecture,  browse the following areas:

722.2 Egyptian architecture

722.8 Greek architecture

722.7 Roman architecture

For books about Sculpture, browse the following areas:

730 Sculpture and related arts

732.8 Ancient Egyptian sculpture

733.3 Greek (Hellenic) sculpture

733.5 Roman sculpture

For books about ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman history, browse the following areas:

932 Egypt to 640 AD

937 Italian Peninsula and adjacent territories to 476 AD

938 Greece to 323 BCE