Chapter 2 PREHISTORY From the Palaeolithic to the Badarian Culture c. 700,000 – 4000 BC
L, C: Hominid Skull and Conjectural Illustration From Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia R: Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from Nag Ahmed el-Khalifa, near Abydos, c. 400, ,000 BP
MAP and BURIAL Principal Paleolithic, Neolithic and Badarian sites
CHERT QUARRIES c. 35,000-30,000 BP
SAHARA
GIRAFFES, COWS, TECHNIQUE
BODY ART & HAIRWASHING
DEFACING
Skeletons, Gebel Sabaha, Late Paleolithic, c BP; Rock drawings of fish traps, el-Hosh, Late Paleolithic(?)
Settlement remains, Nabta Playa (W. Desert), Late Neolithic, c BC; Storage pit, Faiyum region, Late Neolithic, BC
Rippled bowl, Badarian; Ivory female figurine, el-Badari, Badarian, c BC
CHAPTER 3 THE NAQADA PERIOD c BC
Naqada & Maadian sites; Pottery vessel with hippos, Naqada I
Graves, cosmetic pallette, Naqada II, Adaima cemetery; Palette of Narmer, c. 3000BC, Hierakonpolis
‘Moscow Bowl’, Naqada I; Male figurines, Naqada I & II; Disc-shaped macehead, fish-tailed lanceheads, Naqada I
Painting in Tomb 100, Naqada II, Hierakonpolis; Pottery vessel, Naqada II
Ripple-flaked flint knives, Naqada II
Pottery vessels, Naqada II