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. 400,000-300,000 BP

MAP and BURIAL

Principal Paleolithic, Neolithic and Badarian sites

CHERT QUARRIESc. 35,000-30,000 BP

SAHARA

GIRAFFES, COWS, TECHNIQUE

BODY ART & HAIRWASHING

DEFACING

Skeletons, Gebel Sabaha, Late Paleolithic, c. 12000 BP; Rock drawings of fish traps, el-Hosh, Late Paleolithic(?)

Settlement remains, Nabta Playa (W. Desert), Late Neolithic, c.5100-4700 BC; Storage pit, Faiyum region, Late Neolithic, 6000-4000 BC

Rippled bowl, Badarian; Ivory female figurine, el-Badari, Badarian, c.4400-4000BC

CHAPTER 3 THE NAQADA PERIOD

c.4000-3200 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