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Primary Sources

Anubis and the Weighing of the Heart [from the “Papyrus of Hunifer”], Circa 1310 BCE, Thebes, JSTOR

Primary Sources are firsthand accounts of an event or occurrence, documented by the creator, author or witnesses. Primary sources vary widely in format but are mainly characterized as original materials such as: archives, manuscripts, artifacts, Ephemera, objects, diaries, photographs, newspaper reports, research data, pamphlets, oral histories, and books (memoirs and autobiographies).
Secondary Sources describe, interpret or analyze information obtained from other sources (often primary sources).
Tertiary Sources compile and summarize secondary resources. Examples include Bibliographies and Encyclopedias.

Evaluating Primary Resources

Primary sources are invaluable tools for understanding how and why events took place. When analyzing primary sources here are a few questions to ask:

Who created the source and why? For whom was the source created?
What information does the source supply? Under what circumstances was the source created? How would this influence the content of the source? Was the source meant to be public or private? What did the creator hope to accomplish by writing the source?

The Egyptian book of the dead : Papyrus of Ani
Call Number: Savannah Special Collections PJ1555 .A3 2019 facs.
ISBN: 9788494832215
Publication Date: 2019
The Egyptian Book of the dead : the Book of going forth by day : being the Papyrus of Ani (royal scribe of the divine offerings), written and illustrated circa 1250 B.C.E., by scribes and artists unknown. This copy is a full-size colour reproduction of the entire original document, Papyrus Ani. The facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document. Pages are trimmed according to the original format.
The Holy Land : Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia by David Roberts
Call Number: Atlanta Special Collections NC242.R575 H55 1842
Publication Date: 1842
A travelogue of 19th-century Palestine and the magnum opus of Scottish painter David Roberts containing 250 lithographs by Louis Haghe of Robert's watercolor sketches.
Ancient Egyptian Paintings selected, copied, and described by Nina M. Davies by Nina M.Davies
Call Number: Atlanta Special Collections ND75 .D3 1936
Publication Date: 1936
The examples of Egyptian painting displayed in the first two volumes cover a period of some sixteen hundred years, from the very beginning of the Fourth Dynasty (circa 2700 BC) down to the end of the Twentieth Dynasty (1100 BC).
A History of the Giza Necropolis by George A. Reisner
Call Number: Atlanta Special Collections DT73.G5 R45 v.2
Publication Date: 1942