The Difference Between Primary and Secondary Historical Sources Explained

foreign so historians learn about the past from historical sources and no I'm not talking about the expired ketchup in my fridge right because one spelled s-o-u and the others s-a hello today sources historical source is something that gives us information about time in history and typically they're divided into two categories and that's primary sources and secondary sources primary source is something that gives us information about time in history and it was created during that time for example primary source that gives us information about ancient Egypt could be something written like scroll or hieroglyphs it could be an artifact like coin an amulet or statue or sarcophagus even monument like pyramid can be primary source photograph that's good primary source an item of clothing that's also good primary source you know it's not good primary source my primary source of income right because the historians do not make much money primary sources are extremely useful because they're pieces of evidence just like detective analyzes evidence to get clues about suspect historian will analyze primary sources to get clues about what life used to be like at that time take this primary source for example it's an ancient Egyptian board game called Senate and it was found in the Tomb of King Tutankhamun who ruled ancient Egypt in the 14th century BCE this is evidence that gaming was part of Egyptian culture now the other type of historical sources are secondary sources secondary source is something that gives us information about time in history but it was created after that time by someone who wasn't there in other words secondary source is second-hand information so secondary sources that give us information about ancient Egypt could be something like website textbook biography or documentary so secondary source is created by someone who wasn't there at the time guess that means my dad could create secondary source about my childhood right because he wasn't that wait is that catapult anyway secondary sources can contain really useful information if they're created by experts like historians archaeologists or scientists for example King Tutankhamun's Encyclopedia Britannica page is secondary source that was written three thousand years after his death but it was written by team of historians the information we get from it is very useful because they've basically written down all the important details of Tutankhamun's life unfortunately though not all secondary sources are made by experts for example there's that show in the History Channel about aliens building the pyramids that probably didn't happen so to recap historical source is something that gives us information about time in history primary sources were created during the time and secondary sources were created after the time primary during secondary after primary during secondary after primary during secondary after primary during secondary after primary during thank you foreign