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The Egyptian Predynasticarticle 1994 • Bard, Kathryn A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Bard reviews the Predynastic in Egypt with an overview of the main sites. She then discusses the transition to the early dynastic state. She also describes the archaeological evidence of the Nagada culture's move to the north, first to the Fayum duri...From farmers to pharaohsBook 1994 • Bard, Kathryn A.
Upper Egypt Predynastic • Africa > Northern Africa
Bard explores the origins of Egyptian civilization and state formation. She first reviews other authors' theories about why the Egyptian state arose. She then reviews the predynastic archaeological evidence in Upper, Middle, and Lower Egypt and the a...