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History - Ancient Egypt

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Primary Sources

Ancient Egyptian Pyramid Texts
We have access to several e-book editions. Search the library catalog for "ancient egyptian pyramid texts".
Ancient Egyptian Literature
E-book with transcriptions and translations from a variety of texts from tombs, decrees, pyramids, testaments and other sources.

To locate additional books and e-books, search the library catalog for "Egyptian translations".

Duke Papyrus Archive
Electronic access to texts about and images of nearly 1400 papyri from ancient Egypt
ETANA: Electronic Tools and Ancient Near East Archives
Digitized texts from the world's earliest written texts.
Dictionary of Ancient Hieroglyphs
10,000+ words have been collected in a PDF.

Secondary Sources

Art & Architecture Source
Covers a broad range of related subjects from fine art to decorative and commercial art.
JSTOR

Provides full-text and images of over 1000 scholarly, peer-reviewed journals in a variety of disciplines. Has best coverage in older volumes of journals.
Project Muse

Full text of scholarly journals covering the humanities and social sciences.

Egyptology Books and Articles in PDF online
Alphabetical list of articles that are available as pdf's or on web sites. International coverage.
JSesh: Open Source Hieroglyphic Editor
JSesh is a word processor, for ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts. Can be used with Word and other programs.

Last Updated: Sep 29, 2025 3:53 PM
URL: https://libraries.coastal.edu/ancientegypt

Subjects: History

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