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but we would like to know which of the three dictionary/ies will you use, what books/articles are you translating OR what topic, time period, country are you researching. The info will be used only to determine the vocabulary to be included in the future. Other feedback would also be greatly appreciated. Please send an e-mail to archydictionaries@att.net.

The French-to-English dictionary

The 27,200+-word French-to-English dictionary provides context as well as definition to help you to translate phrases and word combinations into flowing and intelligible English. It will contain all the words you're likely to encounter, not just technical terms, and will be continuously revised, edited, and expanded.

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The German-to-English dictionary

The 37,900+-word German-to-English dictionary provides context as well as definition to help you to translate phrases and word combinations into flowing and intelligible English. It will contain all the words you're likely to encounter, not just technical terms, and will be continuously revised, edited, and expanded.

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Dictionary of art and archaeology

This online dictionary is the combination of the full text (8,300+ entries) of:

Adeline's Art Dictionary (translated from the French and enlarged, London, 1891)
M. Broderick’s A Concise Dictionary of Egyptian Archaeology (London, 1901)
W.R. Cooper’s An Archaic Dictionary (London, 1876)
F. W. Fairholt’s A Dictionary of Terms in Art (London, ca. 1855)
J.W. Mollett's Illustrated Dictionary of Words Used in Art and Archaeology (London, 1883)

Batches of symbols followed by "[=...]" are transliterations of ancient Greek letters which don't readily convert to HTML.

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Rare pre-1923 French & German works in English for the first time -- Coming soon

In the works are:

Mariette, Auguste Edouard. Denderah: Temple of Hathor, Goddess of Love and Joy, translation of Dendérah: Description générale du Grand Temple de cette ville (1875). The 5 volume work will be published as 2 volumes (text and plates) and available for purchase by June 2012 -- price to be determined. WorldCat shows less than 20 libraries in the world have the complete work (7 of these own the Olms slightly smaller reprint priced at around 250 Euros).
Mariette, Auguste Edouard. Abydos. 1880. (2 volumes plus supplement).
Amélineau, Émile. Mission Amélineau: Les nouvelles fouilles d'Abydos. Compte rendu in extenso des fouilles, description des monuments et objets découverts. 3 Volumes: 1895-1896, 1896-1897, 1897-1898.
Phallic Cults: A compilation of various articles and numerous rare figures (more later).
Pre-1923 Volumes of the Catalogue Général des Antiquités Égyptiennes du Musée du Caire.
Articles from the ASAE (Annales du Service des Antiquités) and other journals compiled by topic.

Please e-mail archydictionaries@att.net if you are interested in purchasing these works or have suggestions for other books or articles (especially pre-1923) you'd like to see in English translation.