The bibliography is divided into five sections as follows:
Baines, J. – J. Málek, Cultural Atlas of Ancient Egypt. Revised edition (Cultural Atlas series; New York: Facts on File / Checkmark Books, 2000). First edition: Baines, J. - J. Málek, Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Oxford: Phaidon / New York: Facts on File, 1980); = Atlante dell'Antico Egitto (Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1987).
Hunt, N. B., Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia (Historical Atlas Series; New York: Facts on File, 2003).
Manley, B., The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt (Penguin Reference: London: Penguin Books, 1996); = Atlas historique de l'Égypte ancienne: de Thèbes à Alexandrie, la tumultueuse épopée des pharaons (Atlas Mémoires; Paris: Éditions Autrement, 1998).
Parpola, S. – M. Porter (eds.), The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period (Helsinki: The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute / The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2001).
Roaf, M., Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (Oxford / New York: Facts on File, 1990); = Atlas de la Mésopotamie et du Proche-Orient ancien (Turnhout: Brepols, 1991); Atlante della Mesopotamia e dell'antico Vicino Oriente (Novara: Istituto Geografico De Agostini, 1992); Mesopotâmia e o Antigo Médio Oriente I-II (Coleção Grandes Impérios e Civilizações; Madrid: Ediciones del Prado, 1996).
Baker, D., The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Vol. 1: Predynastic Through Twentieth Dynasty (3300–1069 BC) (Oakville, CT: Bannerstone Press, 2008).
Bard, K. A. (ed.), assisted by S. B. Shubert, Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (London: Routledge, 1999).
Bienkowski, P. – A. Millard (eds.), Dictionary of the Ancient Near East (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000).
Dieleman, J. – W. Wendrich (eds.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2008ff): an online publication, see below.
Helck, W. – E. Otto (eds.), Lexikon der Ägyptologie. 7 vol. (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1975-1992).
Joannès, F. – C. Michel (eds.), Dictionnaire de la civilisation mésopotamienne (Bouquins; Paris: Laffont, 2002).
Redford, D. B. (gen. ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. 3 vol. (Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2000).
Streck, M. P. (ed.), Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie. Begründet von E. Ebeling und B. Meissner, fortgeführt von E. Weidner, W. von Soden und D. O. Edzard (Berlin: de Gruyter, 1928ff). [Streck took over as editor in 2005. The fascicles of vol. 12 are in course of publication at present; 16 vol. are planned in all.]
Ehrlich, C. S. (ed.), From an Antique Land: An Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern Literature (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009).
Kuhrt, A., The Ancient Near East c. 3000 – 300 BC. Volumes One and Two (Routledge History of the Ancient World; London: Routledge, 1996).
Liverani, M., Antico Oriente: Storia, Società, Economia (Collezione storica; Roma & Bari: Laterza, 1988). Ristampa, con aggiunta di 64 fotografie, sotto il titolo: Le civiltà mesopotamiche (Storia Universale, 3; Milano: RCS [Rizzoli Corriere della Sera], 2004). Revised edition: Antico Oriente: Storia, Società, Economia. Nuova edizione aggiornata (Biblioteca storica Laterza; Roma & Bari: Laterza, 2011). Spanish: El Antiguo Oriente: historia, sociedad y economía (Barcelona: Crítica – Grijalbo Mondadori, 1995).
Nissen, H. J., Geschichte Altvorderasiens. 2. vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. (Oldenbourg Grundriss der Geschichte, 25; München: Oldenbourg, 2012). [first edition 1999]
Sasson, J. M. (gen. ed.), Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. 4 vols. (New York: Scribner's, 1995).
Snell, D. C. (ed.), A Companion to the Ancient Near East (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; Oxford: Blackwell, 2007).
Snell, D. C., Religions of the Ancient Near East (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010).
Soden, W. von, Einführung in die Altorientalistik (Orientalische Einführungen; Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1985); = Introduzione all'orientalistica antica (Studi sul Vicino Oriente antico, 1; Brescia: Paideia, 1989); The Ancient Orient. An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994).
Van De Mieroop, M., A History of the Ancient Near East, c. 3000–323 BC. Revised second edition (Blackwell History of the Ancient World; Oxford & Malden, MA: Blackwell, 22007 [12004]).
Veenhof, K. R. Geschichte des Alten Orients bis zur Zeit Alexanders des Großen (Grundrisse zum Alten Testament / ATD Ergänzungsreihe, 11; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2001).
Bottéro, J., La plus vieille religion en Mésopotamie (Folio/Histoire, 82; Paris: Gallimard, 1998); = Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia (Chicago: Chicago University Press, 2001).
Dalley, S. (ed.), The Legacy of Mesopotamia (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998).
Edzard, D. O., Geschichte Mesopotamiens: Von den Sumeren bis zu Alexander dem Grossen (München: Beck, 2004).
Jacobsen, T., The Treasures of Darkness. A History of Mesopotamian Religion (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1976).
Leick, G. (ed.), The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds Series; London: Routledge, 2007).
López, J. – J. Sanmartín, Mitología y Religion del Oriente Antiguo, I: Egipto – Mesopotamia. Obra colectiva editada por G. del Olmo Lete (Sabadell: AUSA, 1993).
Margueron, J.-C., Les Mésopotamiens. 2e éd. (Paris: Picard, 2003). First edition [same title] in 2 vol. (Collection Civilisations; Paris: Colin, 1991).
Oppenheim, A. L., Ancient Mesopotamia. Portrait of a Dead Civilization. Revised edition completed by E. Reiner (Chicago / London: University of Chicago Press, 1977 [11964]); = L'antica Mesopotamia. Ritratto di una civiltà scomparsa (Paperbacks civiltà scomparse, 51; Roma: Newton Compton, 1980).
Pettinato, G. (ed.), Mitologia assiro-babilonese (Classici delle Religioni, sezione prima: Le religioni orientali; Torino: UTET, 2005).
Römer, W. H. Ph., Die Sumerologie. Versuch einer Einführung in den Forschungsstand nebst einer Bibliographie in Auswahl (Nimwegener Sumerologische Studien, II / AOAT 238; Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker /Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1994).
Schneider, T. J., An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2011).
Bryce, T. R., The Kingdom of the Hittites. Second edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005) [11998].
Bryce, T. R., Life and Society in the Hittite World (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002).
Collins, B. J., The Hittites and Their World (Archaeology and Biblical Studies, 7; Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007).
Haas, V. – H. Koch, Religionen des Alten Orients: Hethiter und Iran (Grundrisse zum Alten Testament, 1/1; Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011).
Klengel, H., Geschichte des hethitischen Reiches. Unter Mitwirkung von F. Imparati, V. Haas und T. P. J. van den Hout. (Handbuch der Orientalistik, I: Der nahe und mittlere Osten, 34; Leiden: Brill, 1999).
Klinger, J., Die Hethiter (Beck'sche Reihe, 2425; München: Beck, 2007).
Matthiae, P., Ebla: la città rivelata (Storia e civiltà; Milano: Universale Electa / Gallimard, 1995).
Matthiae, P., Gli archivi reali di Ebla: la scoperta, i testi, il significato (Minerva Saggi; Milano: Mondadori Università; Roma: Sapienza Università di Roma, 2008).
Pettinato, G., La città sepolta: i misteri di Ebla (Le Scie; Milano: Mondadori, 1999).
Baldacci, M., La scoperta di Ugarit. La città-stato ai primordi della Bibbia (Casale Monferrato: Piemme, 1996).
Courtois, J.-C., et al., "Ras Shamra (Ugarit ou Ougarit)", DBSup 9 (1979) 1124-1466.
Watson, W. G. E. – N. Wyatt (eds.), Handbook of Ugaritic Studies (Handbuch der Orientalistik. 1. Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten, 39 /Handbook of Oriental Studies. 1. The Near and Middle East, 39; Leiden: Brill, 1999).
Yon, M., La cité d'Ougarit sur le tell de Ras Shamra (Guides archéologiques de l'Institut français d'archéologie du Proche-Orient, 2; Paris: Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations, 1997). Slightly updated English version: The City of Ugarit at Tell Ras Shamra (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2006).
Younger, K. L., Jr. (ed.), Ugarit at Seventy-Five (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2007).
Gardiner, A., Egyptian Grammar, being an introduction to the study of hieroglyphs. Third edition, revised (Oxford: Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 31957 [and subsequent reprints]).
Grimal, N., Histoire de l'Egypte ancienne (Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1988); = Storia dell'antico Egitto (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1990); ristampa, con aggiunta di 64 fotografie, sotto il titolo: L'antico Egitto (Storia Universale, 1; Milano: RCS [Rizzoli Corriere della Sera], 2004); = A History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford; Blackwell, 1992).
Kemp, B., Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation. Second edition (London: Routledge, 2006) [11989].
Koch, K., Geschichte der ägyptischen Religion. Von den Pyramiden bis zu den Mysterien der Isis (Stuttgart; Kohlhammer, 1993).
López, J. – J. Sanmartín, Mitología y Religion del Oriente Antiguo, I: Egipto – Mesopotamia. Obra colectiva editada por G. del Olmo Lete (Sabadell: AUSA, 1993).
Rice, M., Egypt's Legacy: The Archetypes of Western Civilization 3000-30 BC (London: Routledge, 1997).
Shaw, I. (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, 22003).
Shaw, I., Exploring Ancient Egypt (Places in time; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
Valbelle, D., L'égyptologie (Que sais-je? 1312; Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1991).
Wilkinson, R. H (ed.), Egyptology Today (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Hallo, W. W. – K. L. Younger (eds.), The Context of Scripture. Vol. 1: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World. Vol. 2: Monumental Inscriptions from the Biblical World. Vol. 3: Archival Documents from the Biblical World (Leiden: Brill, 1997 / 2000 / 2002).
Kaiser, O. (ed.), Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments. Band 1: Rechts- und Wirtschaftsurkunden. Historisch-chronologische Texte. Band 2: Religiöse Texte. Band 3: Weisheitstexte, Mythen und Epen. 3 Bd. (Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlags-Haus, 1981-1997). For further details about this work, its 2001 Supplement, and the Neue Folge (2004ff) see here.
Pritchard, J. B. (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 31969); tr. spagn. parziale: La Sabiduría del Antiguo Oriente: antología de textos e ilustraciones (Barcelona: Garriga, 1966).
Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient (Paris: Cerf, 1967ff).
Testi del Vicino Oriente antico (Brescia: Paideia, 1990ff).
Writings from the Ancient World (Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 1990ff).
Beyerlin, W. (ed.), Religionsgeschichtliches Textbuch zum AT (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1975, 21985); = Near Eastern Religious Texts Relating to the Old Testament (OTL; London: SCM, 1978); Testi religiosi per lo studio dell'Antico Testamento (Brescia: Paideia, 1992).
Bresciani, E., Letteratura e poesia dell'antico Egitto: introduzione, traduzioni originali e note. Seconda edizione. (Torino: Einaudi, 21990).
Briend, J. – M.-J. Seux, Textes du proche-orient ancien et histoire d'Israël (Paris: Cerf, 1977).
Chavalas, M. W. (ed.), The Ancient Near East: Historical Sources in Translation (Blackwell Sourcebooks in Ancient History; Oxford: Blackwell, 2006).
Cimosa, M., L'ambiente storico-culturale delle Scritture Ebraiche (La Bibbia nella storia, 1; Bologna: EDB, 2000).
Cogan, M., The Raging Torrent: Historical Inscriptions from Assyria and Babylonia Relating to Ancient Israel (Carta Handbook; Jerusalem, Carta, 2008). [revised and expanded version of the original Hebrew edition of 2003]
Del Olmo Lete, G., Mitos y leyendas de Canaan según la tradición de Ugarit (Fuentes de la Ciencia Bíblica, 1; Valencia: Institución San Jéronimo / Madrid: Ediciones Cristiandad, 1981).
García Trabazo, J. V., Textos religiosos hititas: mitos, plegarias y rituales (Biblioteca de ciencias bíblicas y orientales, 6; Madrid: Trotta, 2002)
Jacobsen, T., The Harp That Once ... Sumerian Poetry in Translation (New Haven, CT / London: Yale University Press, 1987).
Kuhrt, A., The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. 2 vol. (London: Routledge, 2007). [a one-volume paperback edition was published in 2010]
Labat, R. – A. Caquot – M. Sznycer – M. Vieyra, Les religions du Proche-Orient Asiatique. Textes Babyloniens, Ougaritiques, Hittites (Paris: Fayard / Denoël, 1970).
Lichtheim, M., Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings. Vol. 1: The Old and Middle Kingdoms. Vol. 2: The New Kingdom. Vol. 3: The Late Period (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973 / 1976 / 1980).
Weippert, M. (ed.), Historisches Textbuch zum Alten Testament. Mit Beiträgen von J. F. Quack, B. U. Schipper und S. J. Wimmer (Grundrisse zum Alten Testament, 10; Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2010).
Wyatt, N., Religious Texts from Ugarit. The Words of Ilimilku and his Colleagues (The Biblical Seminar, 53; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1998).
ABZU [http://www.etana.org/about/] (Guide to resources for the study of the Ancient Near East on the Internet, Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) [see a short description here and for the meaning of "Abzu" see here [http://www.etana.org/abzubib] ]
Scholarly Bibliographies Available Online: Near East and Egypt [http://ancientbibliographies.libs.uga.edu/wiki/Scholarly_Bibliographies_Available_Online:_Near_East_and_Egypt]
The History of the Ancient Near East: Electronic Compendium [http://ancientneareast.tripod.com/index.html]
Egypt: Ancient Egyptian Resource List [http://www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/ancient-egypt] [select list of useful webpages]
Egypt: Antiquities Information (Ministry of Tourism, Egypt) [http://touregypt.net/egyptantiquities/]
Egypt: many aspects of ancient Egyptian culture [http://www.anticoegitto.net] [an Italian site that can be viewed in English too]
Egypt: many resources (University College of London) [http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/Welcome.html]
Egypt: Internet Ancient History Sourcebook [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook04.html]
Egypt: an introduction to hieroglyphic writing [http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/writing/hieroglyphic.html]
Egypt: UCLA [University of California, Los Angeles] Encyclopedia of Egyptology [http://escholarship.org/uc/nelc_uee] [an on-going project begun in 2008]
Hittites: Hatti – Association des Amis de la Civilisation hittite [http://y.deliyannis.free.fr/hatti/] [some pages in French, others in English]
Hittites: Hethitische Bibliographie [http://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/hetbib/] [searchable with interfaces in German, Italian, Czech, and English]
Hittites: Language Links [http://hebrewscripturesandmore.com/Links/Link-Pages/Hittite.htm] [by David Hymes]
Mesopotamia: Internet Ancient History Sourcebook [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook03.html] [including Hittites, Ebla, and Ugarit]
Sumer: The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary [http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/]