The idea of prehistory in the Middle East and North-East Africa -- Transformations in prehistory -- Egypt and the outside world I, c.10,000-3300 BC -- Neolithic economy and society -- Domestication and embodiment in the Nile Valley -- The urbanisation
of the dead : Naqada I-II -- Image, ritual and the construction of identity in late prehistory -- The making of kingship -- Opening considerations : la memoire monarchique -- Egypt and the outside world II, c.3300-2500 BC -- The evolution of simplicity: Naqada III -- Extraordinary bodies and binding truths : early writing in context -- Theatres of sacrifice : dynastic constructions of death -- Conclusion : subterranean histories of power.
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