Don’t be fooled, Africa had a well-developed reading culture before the European invasion

The Library of Qasr Ibrim Archives – Egypt.

For its pharaohs, pyramids and civilization, Egypt is one of the most popular and widely accepted civilizations from Africa. The civilization boasts as being the first to start many developments in the world. In Egypt, the Qasr Ibrim is a popular site where thousands of texts can be found. The texts date back to the 4th century and contain legal texts, historical documents and religious accounts.

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The scrolls and texts found help track recordings of one of the earliest Christain settlements in world history. Many of these texts and manuscripts are in Nubian, Greek, Turkish and Arabic. Some of them are on papyrus scrolls, some of the first forms of papers ever created. Many of these texts helped trace other ancient civilizations such as the Punt civilization.