-
Petrie in 1894, into
Amratian (after the
cemetery near el-Amrah) and "
Gerzean" (after the
cemetery near Gerzeh) sub-periods, the
original convention...
-
first site
where this
culture group was
found unmingled with the
later Gerzean culture group, but this
period is
better attested at the
Naqada site, so...
- the
preliterate artistic traditions of Egypt. For example,
symbols on
Gerzean pottery from c. 4000 BC have been
argued to
resemble hieroglyphic writing...
- for
Mesopotamia (circa 4000–3100 BCE) and the half a
millennium younger Gerzean culture of
Prehistoric Egypt (circa 3500–3200 BCE), and
constituted a largely...
- 7 cm;
Metropolitan Museum of Art The
Gebel el-Arak
Knife (3200 BC) The
Gerzean culture (Naqada II), from
about 3500 to 3200 BC, is
named after the site...
- were
rafts made of papyrus;
wooden boats did not
replace rafts until the
Gerzean/Naqada II Period.
Dugout boats were made
wherever trees grew
large enough...
-
Lower Nubia was
present a
series of cultures, the Badarian, Amratian,
Gerzean, A-Group, B-Group, and C-Group.
Linguistic evidence indicates that Cu****ic...
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Naqada I:
Amratian (after the
cemetery near El-Amrah, Egypt)
Naqada II:
Gerzean (after the
cemetery near Gerzeh)
Naqada III:
Semainean (after the cemetery...
- of
stone was
increasingly used to make
tools and weaponry.
Symbols on
Gerzean pottery also
resemble nascent Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Early evidence also...
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motifs found in
artifacts from pre-dynastic
Upper Egypt (Amratian and
Gerzean cultures).
People of the
Chalcolithic engaged in
extensive trade. Copper...
