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Old Egyptian Rock Art Found on The Banks Of the Nile River Could Be From Egypt's Very First Dynasty Ancient rock art from the ...

Anonymous, The Battlefield Palette, ca. 3300-3100 B.C., photo courtesy of The Trustees of the British Museum, London Lapis lazuli female figure, probably from Afghanistan Naqada II, ca. 3650-3300 BCE, ...

Both horned animals are frequently depicted in Predynastic Egyptian art. Similarly, the S-motifs that run vertically over the woman’s right shoulder were also used in pottery decoration at the time.

Radiocarbon dating indicates that they are likely from 3932 to 3030 BC, the predynastic period. Sponsor Message "I said, hmm, why don't I try my little camera on these well-preserved bodies?" ...

StepPyramid #PyramidOfDjoser #OldestPyramid The Step Pyramid of King Djoser at Saqqara is the oldest large-scale monumental stone structure in Egypt and the world. Ancient Egypt, part of the Fertile ...

Both the wild, long-tailed bull and the Barbary sheep were well known in Predynastic Egyptian art, appearing in rock art and on myriad objects such as jars and cosmetic palettes.

Archaeologists have uncovered predynastic tombs that date back to before the times of Egypt's pharaohs. The tombs are over 5,000-years-old and were discovered where the Nile River drains into the ...

Archaeologists working in Egypt have found the earliest case of scurvy in the area, in a one-year-old child who died more than 5,000 years ago.