Introduction: 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
Opening considerations: la mémoire 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:d dynastic constructions of death
Conclusion: subterranean histories of power.
