The Archives of Middle-earth - an archive of previous updates

an archive of updates [1] [2] [3]

December 4th

I have designed some lovely banners. I hope they do speed up the exchange process. If you want to become an affiliate of the Archives of Middle-earth, email me at daereth12@yahoo.com Or leave an entry in the Guestbook (see link menu on the bottom of page). I have also corrected a number of code mistakes that have interfered with the correct configuration of the banners.

November 26th

You know, I think I did a great job writing these articles. Go me! :) (sorry, I just can't stand being so serious all the time)

November 19th

Our new affie is http://www.livtylerarwenundomiel.tk

New banners is our banner collection

November 11th

New Light characters

October 29th

October 21th

The Alliances and Quests: The last Alliance of Men and Elves

A large graphical update is coming up for the History of Middle-earth

October 15th

Link exchange with http://www.badtaste.it

Cheers to our new affiliate, http://www.freewebs.com/whitecrystal/

October 8th

Affiliate number 7: The Plains of Rohan

September 24th

Cheers to our new affiliate - Forests of Mirkwood

September 21st

Cheers to our new affiliate - Lady of Rohan

A new section named Elvish Song Lyrics was started in the Films. I hope it will serve well to give those who are Enya or Annie Lennox fans something to rejoice about :)

September 16th

A new beautiful hand-drawn map of Middle-earth by by Tomasz Kowal can be found in our maps section.

The Tolkien FAQ has been revised and brought more up-to-date.

September 14th

John Howe Gallery number 2 opened.

There have been new additions to out Maps collection: Map of Beleriand and The Far North

August 25th

Yes, we finally have some breaking news: I have managed to update the main page of the Archives by getting rid of the annoying FP graphics and designing something more pleasant to the eye by myself. Enjoy!

August 25th

The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King quotes are now downloadable on this site. I have compiled them by myself, but of course I don't mind some reasonable borrowing.

August 23rd

Cheers for the Affiliate #2 - www.arwen-undomiel.com

Our collection of available banners has been complemented with new images

August 22nd

Since this update, I'll be posting assorted language articles in the language section, the first one of these is Useful Elvish Phrases

August 22nd

The Affiliates section started. Welcome our first affiliate - Elven Haven

August 19th

The Works of JRR Tolkien section of the website has gone through a serious update. You can now see the design of the pages changed and the missing information supplied

August 12th

The long-expected update: I have finally revised some site links and removed redundant pages. The site should now load more easily

July 10th

Link exchange with www.arwenevenstar.com and www.arwen-undomiel.com

June 29th

The Characters of the Dark encyclopedia articles have been supplied with graphic backup, including images by some of the most famous artists. The article on Morgoth, for example, is representative of the innovation

The unabridged Tolkien biography by David Doughan can now be found here

Significant update in the Picture Gallery

June 19th

The long-expected update in the Coats of Arms section: new banners and flags gave been added, the older copies have been replaced by improved quality ones.

June 17th

The Religions now feature a new selection of articles and images concerning the Maiar of Arda

The information provided gives feedback on the following personalities: Gandalf, Sauron, Ilmare, Eonwe, Melian, Osse, Uinen, Istari and more

June 10th

The Links section has been revised and cleaned up. The entries are now arranged in alphabetical order.

I have introduced new design elements in the Religions section of the Encyclopedia. The page is now fully navigable, and I hope you will appreciate the colorful design as well

The Information page of the Encyclopedia should help you in sorting out the diverse material

June 3rd

New batch of articles for the Characters of the Light:

Undomiel (see Arwen)

May 30th

The Religions part of the Encyclopedia has been greatly expanded: 14 articles concerning the Valar have been introduced.

For more detail, click here

To find out more about each of the Valar and Valier, click the following links:

Manwe

Varda

Ulmo

Yavanna

Aule

Mandos

Nienna

Orome

Este

Lorien

Nessa

Vana

Vaire

Tulkas

May 21st

The articles in the Encyclopedia have undergone some serious editing. The slips have been corrected, and some misspelled names replaced.

May 15th

It really is amazing. I have finally made ends meet in my movies section. With the articles on Gil-galad and Peregrin Took the list of movie characters has finally come to an end and, surprisingly, the files are all there, complete and downloadable.

May 15th

A dramatic improvement for our new Artist Gallery: John Howe has agreed to grant us the right to publish his works. A selection of the artist's paintings can be found here

There have been some related changes in the common Picture Gallery, and several paintings have been replaced by their newer versions with indications of authorship. Some new ones have been added:

Galadriel

Gandalf the Grey

Black Riders in the Shire

Eowyn and the Nazgul

I have also started collecting information for the "E-" characters. Strangely enough, I do not have time to keep up with all these updates, so by far I have only prsesnted the ones I had already posted in the movies section: Eowyn, Eomer, Elendil and Elrond.

May 7th

Link exchange: Tolkien Entmoot

Movie characters:

Gandalf

Isildur

The articles in this section have been seriously revised and updated. The missing links and menus have been replaced.

April 30th

A full article fit for an encyclopedia on Galadriel

I have finally supplied the pieces about Morwen, Isildur, Gil-galad, Ugluk, Gorbag, Gothmog, Elanor Gamgee, Farmer Maggot, Hama, Gamling, Elendil and some others with their respective movie representations. The general character list is here

April 12th

Film characters close up:

Elrond, Elendil, Samwise Gamgee, Elanor Gamgee

March 26th

Supplementary material for the History of Middle-earth:

The Kings of the Mark

The Baggins family tree

The Dwarves of Erebor family trees

Movie characters: Theoden - comes with a verse devoted to the King of the Mark.

March 15th

Languages of Arda: new graphic representation of the Tengwar

March 6th

History of Middle-earth: the Shire Calendar published to facilitate the reckoning of years

The long-expected Fellowship of the Ring poem collection can be found here

As a special treat, I have also completed the Two Towers collection of verse and The Return of the King collection

February 27th

Movie section updates:

February 20th

February 6th

The movie characters just keep coming:

Gimli

Faramir

Lotho Sackvill-Baggins

February 5th

The long-expected banner exchanges section is finally open!

A welcome addition to the Languages section: graphic alphabets of Tengwar and Cirth

And yet more movie characters:

February 3rd

New LotR characters in the Films section:

January 30th

New in the Artist Gallery - works by Catherine Karina Chmiel

More characters of the Light:

Woodwoses

Yavanna

Good news! We are now registered in the War of the Ring site rating

I have updated the films section by introducing a menu to make the entries more navigable

January 27th

New in the Artist Gallery - works by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

New images in the landscape pictures - The Dark Tower, The Golden Hall of Rohan, Cirith Ungol, Helm's Deep, The Pillars of the Kings, City of the Ringwraiths, Road to Minas-Tirith - all by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt

More updates in the movies section: the cast and character listing is now supplied with images of Celeborn, Denethor, Rosie Cotton, Arwen, Mouth of Sauron, Sauron and Lurtz. More articles are expected in this section v. soon.

January 21st

General layout of the Tolkien Encyclopedia updated

January 20th

General layout of the Character Encyclopedia updated.

January 20th

New work by Sull: Orc Sketch

January 14th

Good news! A gallery of Artists has been opened within the picture gallery. Click here to view the works of Sull and Tim Baker

January 3rd

The Films section is finally set to rights! Now you can find the most up-to-date, complete information on the actors starring in the LoTR here

Here are some new wonderful maps for our Encyclopedia:

Middle-earth by Tim Baker