1. Chapter 2 PREHISTORY From the Palaeolithic to the Badarian Culture c. 700,000 – 4000 BC

2. L, C: Hominid Skull and Conjectural Illustration From Dmanisi, Republic of Georgia R: Lower Palaeolithic handaxes from Nag Ahmed el-Khalifa, near Abydos, c. 400,000- 300,000 BP

3. MAP and BURIAL Principal Paleolithic, Neolithic and Badarian sites

4. CHERT QUARRIES c. 35,000-30,000 BP

5. SAHARA

6. GIRAFFES, COWS, TECHNIQUE

7. BODY ART & HAIRWASHING

8. DEFACING

10. Skeletons, Gebel Sabaha, Late Paleolithic, c. 12000 BP; Rock drawings of fish traps, el-Hosh, Late Paleolithic(?)

11. Settlement remains, Nabta Playa (W. Desert), Late Neolithic, c.5100-4700 BC; Storage pit, Faiyum region, Late Neolithic, 6000-4000 BC

12. Rippled bowl, Badarian; Ivory female figurine, el-Badari, Badarian, c.4400-4000BC

13. CHAPTER 3 THE NAQADA PERIOD c.4000-3200 BC

14. Naqada & Maadian sites; Pottery vessel with hippos, Naqada I

15. Graves, cosmetic pallette, Naqada II, Adaima cemetery; Palette of Narmer, c. 3000BC, Hierakonpolis

16. ‘Moscow Bowl’, Naqada I; Male figurines, Naqada I & II; Disc-shaped macehead, fish-tailed lanceheads, Naqada I

17. Painting in Tomb 100, Naqada II, Hierakonpolis; Pottery vessel, Naqada II

18. Ripple-flaked flint knives, Naqada II

19. Pottery vessels, Naqada II