Guided Tour

Guided Tour (after visiting a page use the BACK button of your browser to go back)

See periods of Egyptian History - click here -

1	At Abydos is the cemetery of the first kings who ruled all Egypt- click here to see the site -
2	See the tomb of King Qaa, the last king of the first Dynasty - click on the picture -
3	Another important tomb belongs to king Djer. The excavator Petrie discovered a substantial amount of foreign pottery here. - click on the picture -
4	- see a map of all kings' tombs found in Abydos- - click here -
5	The kings' tombs were built out in the desert, and in addition each king built a large enclosure beside the cultivated lands - click on the picture - >
6	Tarkhan is a huge cemetery, with roughly 2000 tombs, contemporary with the kings' tombs from Abydos see the plan of the cemetery - click on the picture ->
7	In Tarkhan Petrie excavated several massive tombs built in a style imported from ancient Iraq - click on the picture ->
8	In Tarkhan tomb 414 were found early examples of writing - click on the picture ->
9	Several inscribed objects in Tarkhan tomb 414 mention king Narmer. Narmer is often considered as the founder of Egypt, as a unified kingdom	King Narmer
10	The tombs of Tarkhan are very useful for studying the different burial customs of men and women - click on the picture ->
11	Typical for Early Dynastic Egypt are the stone vessels, made from limestone and other stones - click on the picture ->
12	Pottery is very important for archaeology. See the 10 most common types of the time - click on the picture ->
13	Egyptian art developed in Early Dynastic the features which were used over the following 3000 years - click on the picture ->
14	Early Dynastic Egypt is a Bronze age culture. Although metal (mostly copper rather than bronze) was often used, stone tools are still very common. - click on the picture ->
15	There are several attestations for trade with other cultures in Early Dynastic times. - click on the picture ->
16	Sites with finds from Early Dynastic Egypt are found throughout Egypt: see the maps. - click on the picture ->
17	Other areas to explore include see ->	Food production in Early Dynastic Egypt A list of early kings Examples of furniture Aspects of clothing in Early Dynastic Egypt A short bibliography