UNESCO Ancient Civilizations of Africa (Editor G. Mokhtar)

plate 1.2 A pharaoh of the First Egyptian
Dynasty, said to be Narmer.
plate i .4 (below) Door socketfrom Hierakonpolis.
First Egyptian Dynasty
plate i.i Protohistoricfigure of Tera-Neter,
a negro nobleman of the Anous race who were
the first inhabitants of Egypt
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plate 1.3 (left) Djeser, typical negro,
pharaoh of the Third Dynasty; this ushered
in the great age of dressed-stone architecture:
the step pyramid and burial complex at
Sakkara. By his reign, all the technological
features ofEgyptian civilization were already
developed
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