From the Book - First U.S. edition.
Making Culture (5000-3000 BC). Beside the Pale Lake: living in the Faiyum, c. 5000-4000 BC ; Sickle sheen: most ancient Egypt and the Neolithic ; Merimda and el-Omari: Lower Egypt, 4800-4300 BC ; The Badarians: Middle Egypt, 4400-4000 BC ; Black-topped, white-lined: life in Upper Egypt, 4000-3500 BC ; A cloud across the moon: death in Upper Egypt, 4000-3200 BC ; Boats and donkeys: copper, trade, and influence within the Lower Nile Valley, 3500-3000 BC ; Rolling along: of men and monsters, 3500-3000 BC.
Making Pharaoh (3200-3000 BC). Scorpion and hawk, 3200-3000 BC ; The coming of the king: the origins of hieroglyphs, c. 3000 BC ; Narmer's palette: the qualities of kings, c. 3000 BC ; The hawk upon the wall: history, land and Naqadan resettlement, 3500-3000 BC ; Taking wing: Naqadan emigration, 3500-3000 BC ; Taking stock: ordering and accounting within the early state ; The shadows of birds: rite and sacrifice within the early state.
Making a Kingdom (3000-2650 BC). The Serekh tomb: the story of the Naqada Mastaba, c. 3000 BC ; A line of kings: the first dynasty royal tombs, 3000-2825 BC ; The lost dynasty: fake histories, real lives, dynasty two, 2825-2675 BC ; The wheeling hawk: refining Egypt, dynasties one, two and three ; The realms of pharaoh: dynasties one and three ; Two gentlemen of Saqqara: Merka and Hesi-re: dynasties one and three.
Step Pyramid (2675-2650 BC). Djoser's kingdom ; Heb Sediana: visions of the pyramid ; Deus absconditus: the hidden god ; In consequence: the pyramid's effect.
Building Ancient Egypt (2650-2550 BC). A diadem of pyramids, 2650-2625 BC ; Court and country: Metjen and the early reign of Sneferu, 2625-2600 BC ; High society: Sneferu at Maidum, 2625-2600 BC ; A building passion: Sneferu at Dahshur, 2600-2575 BC ; Making the gods: deity at Dahshur, 2600-2575 BC ; The perfect pyramid: Khufu and Giza, 2575-2550 BC.
