Primary Sources: African History

Use this to find complete documentation of the archaeological exploration of Tutankhamun's Tomb.

Use this searchable digital database to find thousands of papyrus documents.

Use this to browse or search Duke's collection of over 1400 Ancient Egyptian papyri.

This website has been set up specifically to facilitate research into the 100 year history of the African National Congress. This research site and its contents is the outcome of a digital archives project that was initiated in October 2011.

Use this to find over 7,000 photographs documenting East African life and landscape, and the impact of European life in Africa.

Use this to find collections of letters written by former slaves who settled in Liberia in the mid-nineteenth century to individuals in the United States.

Use this to find 113 antique maps of Africa, dating from the 16th to the early 20th century.

Use this to find several thousand prints and photographs reflecting the Middle East from the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century.

Use this to find over 3,000 letters, maps, images, and government documents from 1754 to the present from American international relations.

Use this site to find nearly 1300 images dating from the period of slavery. A project of Virginia Humanities and University of Virginia Library.

Use this to find photographs, video, interviews, and historical documents of the anti-apartheid struggle.

Use this to find maps, photographs, drawings, and more on Western interaction with the Middle East.