Predynastic

Friedman and a team of archaeologists spent the last 25 years investigating the site, which before 3100 B.C. (what is known as the Predynastic period in Egyptian history) was called Nekhen.

Daily Vanguard RSS 2008

As for the importance of the collection, the museum boasts it "is home to some of the finest Egyptian and Nubian collections in the country, with Predynastic and Protodynastic about 6000-2600 B.C. material that ranks among the most significant in the world."

More Beauty in Oxford Paul Levy 2011

Filled with artifacts dating from the Predynastic (5000-3000 B.C.) through Coptic (A.D. 395-640) periods, New York's museums offer an excellent variety of art and information.

Museums 2009

From the very beginning of Predynastic research, Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie reported several headless, but seemingly intact, burials during his famous excavations at Naqada in 1895.

Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis 2007

Left is one of several Predynastic graves from cemetery HK43 where the head is missing but the rest of the burial is intact including several lovely grave goods.

Zombie Attack at Hierakonpolis 2007

The last of these has yielded important new discoveries for the understanding of Predynastic funerary customs.

Special Report: New Finds from the Elite Cemetery 2005

Join us as we continue to explore the elite cemetery, the Predynastic temple, and the Second Dynasty Fort!

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - From the Field 2002

An Egyptian vase dismissed as a fake and relegated to storage for 30 years is actually an important Predynastic artifact, according to curators at the Royal Pump Room Museum in Harrogate, England.

Harrogate's Hidden Treasures 2004

Here, a Predynastic Mahatma Gandhi successfully establishes an ideal society, putting the reigning hierarchy out of work.

Early Pharaonic Tales of Naguib Mahfouz 2003

In early 1897, the antiquities markets of Luxor were awash with objects dating from the Predynastic period (4000-3100 B.C.).

City of the Hawk 2003