5/29/2020 Predynastic Egyptians
The tomb dates from the Naqada II period about 3600 BC, several hundred years before the unification of Egypt under the first pharaohs and the invention of hieroglyphic writing.At the time this newly uncovered tomb was built, Hierakonpolis was “the capital of the Kingdom of Upper Egypt.” Inside the tomb was a mummy and a number of small statues and carvings.During the pre-Dynastic period the city “must have been one of, it not, the largest urban units along the Nile, a regional center of power and a capital of an early kingdom destined to have intimate links with Egyptian kingship,”. The city was a large expanse, along with serving as a population center and hub for administrative and religious powers.Previously, archaeologists uncovered another tomb in Hierakonpolis, known as Tomb 100. That tomb, is the earliest known examples of a painted tomb in the region.In the pre-Dynastic period northern and southern Egypt were culturally distinct,. In around 3,000 B.C., the pharaoh Narmer brought the two regions together, unifying the region and sparking the beginning of Egypt's First Dynasty.
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