New Light on King Narmer and the Protodynastic Egyptian Presence in Canaan

Proto, Early Dynastic Egypt, and Early Bronze I-II of the Southern Levant: Some Uneasy14C Correlations

“…To him is attributed the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt (although we know now that this process concerns a protracted period of time) and the distinction of being the first ruler of Dynasty 1. Serekhs (incised into Egyptian pottery vessels prior to firing) of this king found in the southern Levant to date are all on fragments of vessels (e.g Yeivin 1960;Amiran 1974;Levy et al 1995)…”

New Perspectives on Domestic Architecture and the Initial Stages of Urbanization in Canaan

“…north of the modem day city of Beer Sheva. Recent excavations of the University of California at San Diego and the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology at the Hebrew Union College have revealed the remains of an intensive settlement dating from the Chalcolithic to the end of the EB IB period (Levy et al 1995;1998;Levy and Alon 1997). This project has uncovered one complete rectilinear room (Room 1) with rounded outer corners and angled inner comers (see Fig.…”

An Archaeology of Art and Writing: Early Egyptian Labels in Context

“…As for the NIIIC-early D labels, elements of the repertoire are shared among a greater number of contemporary objects from various sites, including stelae, impressed sealings, vessel inscriptions and ceremonial palettes. Parallels for selected iconography are attested as far south as the A-Group Royal Cemetery L at Qustul (Williams 1986) and to the northeast in the Levant (Levy et al 1995), while a small number of motifs also find parallels, if not inspiration, in contemporary Mesopotamian iconography (M. .…”