This books covers the history of the Nile Valley from Nubia to the Mediterranean, during the period from the earliest hominid settlement, around 700,000 BC to the beginnings of dynastic Egypt at the end of the fourth millennium BC.
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"Egyptologists frequently have little understanding of the prehistoric past, especially the paleolithic periods, and it is commendable that Midant-Reynes has included this overview." International Journal of African Historical Studies
"... integrate[s] the prehistory of Egypt and Nubia through into the (Egyptian) Unification period, thus investigating the entire united Nile region and its flanking deserts in a logical but rarely encountered attempt to develop a cohesive picture ... In this the book succeeds admirably." Journal of African History
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...this is what you need. Covering Egypt from the landmass's geological foundation right up to the end of the predynastic era. It's been freshly updated by Ian Shaw to include all of the latest arguments, especially with respect to the Paleolithic and Predynastic periods. Most Egyptologists, amateur and otherwise, will only be interested in the last two or three chapters and, in fairness, each chapter uses the lingo of the relevant field, obfuscating it to the average reader. Nonetheless, I can't think of another book which rivals this one for what it offers.
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A bit too full of big words. Did not answer my questions either through words or artists' recreations of the PreDynastic world of Egypt before the Pharaohs that we know about officially.
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The northeastern section of the African continent, between 24 and 31 latitude, is part of a series of deserts stretching for almost 1000 kilometres from the Atlantic end of the Sahara to the salt lakes of northern India. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Upper Egypt, Near East, Western Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Khartoum Neolithic, Wadi Kubbaniya, Upper Palaeolithic, Khartoum Mesolithic, Lower Egypt, Early Khartoum, Faiyum Neolithic, Wadi Halfa, Wadi Digla, Narmer Palette, Khartoum Variant, Kom Ombo, Nabta Playa, Wadi Haifa, Anthony Marks, Bir Sahara-Bir Tarfawi, Early Dynastic, Jebel Sahaba, Kharga Oasis, Middle Egypt New!
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Upper Egypt, Near East, Western Desert, Eastern Desert, Red Sea, Khartoum Neolithic, Wadi Kubbaniya, Upper Palaeolithic, Khartoum Mesolithic, Lower Egypt, Early Khartoum, Faiyum Neolithic, Wadi Halfa, Wadi Digla, Narmer Palette, Khartoum Variant, Kom Ombo, Nabta Playa, Wadi Haifa, Anthony Marks, Bir Sahara-Bir Tarfawi, Early Dynastic, Jebel Sahaba, Kharga Oasis, Middle Egypt New!
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- Prehistory of Nubia (2 Volumes) by Fred Wendorf on 6 pages
- Prehistory of Arid North Africa: Essays in Honor of Fred Wendorf by Angela E. Close on 5 pages
- Land Between Two Niles by Martin A.J. Williams in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Diospolis Parva (Excavation Memoirs) by Sir W.M.Flinders Petrie in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Discovery Of The Source Of The Nile by John Hanning Speke in Back Matter
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- The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Histories) by Ian Shaw in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ancient Records of Egypt: vol. 5: Supplementary Bibliographies and Indices by James Henry Breasted in Front Matter
- The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy (Yale Nota Bene) by Mr. Yuri Stoyanov in Back Matter
- First Farmers: The Origins of Agricultural Societies by Peter Bellwood in Back Matter
- The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt (Oxford Illustrated Histories) by Ian Shaw in Back Matter
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