Genesis of the Pharaohs: Dramatic New Discoveries that Rewrite the Origins of Ancient Egypt

Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 113-135

  Wilkinson, Toby ^a   Butzer, Karl W ^b   Huyge, Dirk ^c   Hendrickx, Stan ^c   Kendall, Timothy ^d   Shaw, Ian ^e  

^a CHRIST S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Royal Museums of Art and History ^*  (United States)

^d American Section   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egypt, Predynastic; rock art, Egyptian

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007987402     PISSN: 09597743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959774304000095     Document Type: Article

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