Description
This catalogue for an exhibit at Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum presents the most recent research at the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods in a lavishly illustrated format. Essays on the upward push of the state, contact with the Levant and Nubia, crafts, writing, iconography and evidence from Abydos, Tell el-Farkha, Hierakonpolis and the Delta were contributed by leading students within the field. The catalogue features 129 Predynastic and Early Dynastic objects, so much from the Oriental Institute’s collection, that illustrate the environmental setting, Predynastic and Early Dynastic culture, religion and the royal burials at Abydos. This volume might be a regular reference and a staple for lecture room use.