Index of Ancient and Sacred Texts:

While archaeology has provided us with an extraordinary view of the past, there are other sources from which much can be learnt, particularly in the realm of wisdom. The following texts represent some of the most important relics from the ancient world.

They are all freely available online.

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Buddhist Texts:

• Dialogues of the Buddha - The D�gha-Nik�ya: Translated from the P�li by T. W. Rhys Davids, 1899.

• Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Rituals of Death.

Chinese Texts:

• Confucius: The Great Learning.

• Confucius: The Doctrine of the Mean.

• Lao-tzu: The Tao-te Ching.

• Secret of the Golden Flower: Translation by Richard Wilhelm.

• Sun Tzu: The Art of War.

Egyptian Texts:

• Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani): Translation by E.A. Wallis Budge.

• The Corpus Hermeticum: Translation by G. R. S. Mead, 1906.

• Ebers Papyrus (c. 1,500 BC): Medical Treatise.

• The Pyramid Texts: Translation by Samuel A. B Mercer, 1952.

• Rhind Papyrus (c. 1,500 BC): Description of Mathematical Formula.

• Westcar Papyrus: Stories From the 4th Dynasty.

European Texts:

• Barddas of Iolo Morganwg: Edited by J. Williams Ab Ithel, 1862-74.

• Beowulf: Translation by Francis B Gummere, 1910.

• Eleusis Alesia (1936): Xavier Guichard Original.

• The Faerie Queene (1596): By Edmund Spenser.

• The Four Jewels of the Tuatha D� Danann: Translation by Vernum Hull, 1930.

• Of Geomancy: Cornelius Agrippa.

• Geoffrey of Monmouth - Histories of the Kings of Britain: Translation by Sebastian Evans, 1904.

• The Book of Kells: Digital Collection of Page Images.

• Malleus Maleficarum (1486): Witch-hunting Manual.

• Norse Saga of Creation: The Elder and Younger Eddas.

• Ogham: A Description and Examples.

• Oracles of Nostradamus: Charles A. Ward, 1891.

• The Prophesies of Sybilla: From The Red Book of Hergest.

• Stonehenge: A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids: William Stukeley, 1740.

• The Voynich Manuscript: The Complete Voynich Manuscript

Greek Texts:

• Archimedes: Geometric Solutions Derived from Mechanics.

• Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On Prophesying By Dreams.

• Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On The Heavens.

• Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On Metaphysics.

• Aristotle (c. 350 BC): On The Soul.

• Diodorus Siculus: The Library of History.

• Herodotus (c. 440 BC): The Histories: Translation by George Rawlinson.

• The Phaistos Disc (c. 2nd Millennium BC): Ancient-wisdom Page.

• Plato - 'Critius'  (Description of Atlantis): Translation by Benjamin Jowett.

Hebrew Texts:

• The Apocryphal Texts.

• Book of Enoch: 1882 Translation (PDF)

• Dead Sea Scrolls: The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library.

• The Torah: Genesis: JPS 1917 Edition.

• Genesis (Etymological Hebraic Version): Translation by Antoine Fabre D�Oliv�t, 1814.

Hindu Texts:

• Bhagavad-gītā: From the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase.

• Kama Sutra: Translated by Sir Richard Burton, 1883.

• Mahabharata: The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1. Books 1, 2, and 3.

• Ramayana: Srimad Valmiki Ramayana.

• Rig Veda: Translation by Ralph T.H. Griffith, 1896.

• Sama Veda: Translation by Ralph T. H. Griffith, 1895.

• Yajur Veda: Tranlation by Arthur Berriedale Keith, 1914.

• Atharva Veda: Translation by Maurice Bloomfield, 1897.

Pre-Columbian Texts:

• The Dresden Codex: F�rstemann version of the Dresden Codex in PDF format,

• The Dresden Codex: Kingsborough version of the Dresden Codex in PDF format.

• The Grolier Codex: Full Images from Mayavase.com

• The Madrid Codex: Combined Brasseur de Bourbourg and Leon de Rosny Madrid Codex. (PDF)

• The Paris Codex: Northwestern University Library

Sumerian/Mesopotamian Texts:

• Enuma Elish (The Epic of Creation): Translation by L. W. King, 1902.

• The Epic of Gilgamesh: Translation by R. Campbell Thompson, 1928.

• Hammurabi: Code of Laws. Translation by L. W. King.

• The Lament for Ur (c. 2,000 BC): Lamentation for the Destruction of Ur.

• Seven Tablets of Creation: Translation by Leonard King, 1902.

Other Texts:

• Rongorongo : List and Description of All Known Rongorongo Texts.

• Academy for Ancient Texts.
• Celtic Literature Collective.
• The Gnostic Society Library
• Sacred-texts.com

• Welsh Texts Archive.
• St. Andrews Corpus of Egyptian Texts.
• Pyramid Texts Online.
• Project Gutenberg.