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15 Cards in this Set
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Taramsa 1 Burial 55,000 BP Paleolithic Taramsa (eastern Nile) Earliest deliberate burial in Egypt; is a child |
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Badarian bowl 4400-4000 BCE Pre-Dynastic Period Upper Egypt Early pottery originating in Upper Egypt at the type site Badari; came from the Western Desert. |
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Naqada I vessel 4000-3500 BCE Naqada I period Upper Egypt White paint on red; open forms; type site excavated by Petrie, who used seriation. |
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Naqada II vessel 3500-3200 BCE Naqada II Period Upper & Lower Egypt Appearance of boat motifs; Naqada culture begins to spread north and south along the Nile. |
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Naqada II flint knife 3500-3200 BCE Naqada II Period Upper & Lower Egypt Found in Naqada II tombs; illustrates the height of the flint napping industry; potentially used for the afterlife. |
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Hierakonpolis Tomb 100 3500-3200 BCE Hierkonpolis Naqada II Period First painted tomb in the Pre-Dynastic period; boat motif; only painted tomb from prehistory |
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Female figurine 3500-3200 BCE Upper Egypt Naqada II period Similarities with other female figurines of the time period across the Near East; made of multiple materials |
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Tomb U-j Labels ca. 3150 BCE Late Pre-Dynastic Period Abydos First hieroglyphics; not fully understood; labels for looted items |
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Narmer Palette 3200-3000 BCE Dynasty 0 Hierakonpolis Found in Temple of Horus; Oldest intact palette |
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Battlefield Palette 3200-3000 BCE Dynasty 0 Hierakonpolis Probably older than Narmer palette; battle motifs & strange animals |
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Bull Palette 3200-3000 BCE Dynasty 0 No origin; bull goring men; hand-staffs with symbols of the gods forming the palette. |
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Scorpion macehead 3200-3000 BC Dynasty 0 Hierakonpolis Found with Narmer Palette; King Scorpion is doing some irrigation/agricultural rite. |
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Queen Merneith tomb 3000-2686 BCE Dynasty 1 Abydos 70 subsidiary tombs; subterranean burial chamber; two stele "tombstones." |
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Djet Stele 3000-2686 BCE Dynasty 1 Abydos Found in front of Djet's tomb; bears a beautiful depiction of his serekh. |
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Khasekhemwy Statue 3000-2686 BCE Dynasty 1 Hierakonpolis Made of limestone; early depiction of a pharaoh "in-the-round." Slain enemies inscribed on the throne. |
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