The Travelers in the Middle East Archive (TIMEA) is a digital archive that focuses on Western interactions with the Middle East, particularly travels to Egypt during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. TIMEA offers electronic texts such as travel guides, museum catalogs, and travel narratives, photographic and hand-drawn images of Egypt, historical maps, and interactive GIS (Geographic Information Systems) maps of Egypt and Cyprus.

In addition, TIMEA provides educational modules that set the materials in context and explore how to conduct historical research.
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art and artifacts
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Daily Life & Customs
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TIMEA gratefully acknowledges the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and CITI.
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TIMEA is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, CITI, and Rice University.

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