Ancient Egypt: Predynastic and Early Periods

Pharaohs and Timeline of Egypt
An ancient Egyptian timeline showing the all the pharaohs of the various dynasties and intermediate periods, from your Guide to Ancient History, N.S. Gill.

Abydos (Egypt)
Abydos (known as Abdju to the ancient Egyptians) is an Early Dynastic city and necropolis located on the edge of the desert on the west bank of the Nile River in Egypt.

Predynastic Period: African History
From Alistair Boddy-Evans at African History at About, a description of the ancient history of the predynastic period.

Adaima (Egypt) - Predynastic and early Dynastic Egyptian Settlement
Adaïma is a predynastic and early Dynastic settlement located in the Nile valley of Egypt, about nine kilometers from the town of Isna.

Gebel Manzal el-Seyl (Egypt) - Early Dynastic Quarry
Gebel Manzal el-Seyl is a quarry site in Egypt's eastern desert, where stone for vessels was mined during the first few dynasties of the Old Kingdom.

Hierakonpolis (Egypt) - Predynastic Town of Hierakonpolis
Hierakonpolis (modern Nekhen) is a large predynastic town site located between two dry riverbeds (wadis).

Memphis
The ancient city of Memphis was the Old Kingdom (ca. 3100-2258 BC) capital of Menes

First Dynasty Egypt
From Tour Egypt, an essay on the archaeology and history of the first pharaonic dynasty of ancient Egypt.

Predynastic Egypt Timeline and Definition
The Predynastic period in Egypt is the name archaeologists have given to the three millennia before the emergence of the first unified Egyptian state society.

Naqada, Egypt
Naqada is a region that contains many predynastic sites, including dwellings, villages and cemeteries. This description of the site is from Tour Egypt.

The Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette is an early Period Egyptian civilization artifact, showing the conquest of Upper and Lower Egypt by the first Egyptian pharaoh, Menes or Narmer.