Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Open Access Archives: National Archives of Egypt


National Archives of Egypt


"The site contains about one million records representing the metadata of all the files and a sample of documents in Arabic language and their images. The complete database can be accessed from Dar Elwathaeq...

The NAE keeps documents pertinent to the Egyptian history since the Fatimid Era till the present day. It also keeps documents about the history of Sudan, the Levant, and the Arab Peninsula in particular, as well as documents about the history of Crete, Turkey, The Maghreb, Iraq, Iran, Ethiopia, Eriteria, Somalia, Djibouti, Uganda, Kenya and the whole region at large."

Description and links to selected images to most important archival collections in the National Archives of Egypt

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