The Ancient Theatre Archive: An Internet resource for theatre history and architecture studies

The Ancient Theatre Archive is an online, encyclopedic survey of representative ancient Greek and Roman theatres. The project was conceived and developed by this author as an Internet resource for theatre history and architecture studies: specifically, the study of European stone theatres dating from the 5th century BCE to the 5th century CE.

A visitor to the project website is presented with a map of Europe and the Near East. This map displays links to numerous ancient theatres and when selected, each provides access to an illustrated commentary of the site and data charts containing dates, dimensions, maps, photographs and drawings. An illustrated Greek and Roman theatre glossary with phonetic spellings is provided to assist the visitor, and access to satellite and aerial imagery of each site is provided in an interactive Geomapping database.