ANCIENT HISTORY MAGAZINE # 4

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Theme: Egypt Before the Pyramids

* A Message From The Third Century AD: Postumus Victorious -- Coins and Messages
* The Emergence of Egypt -- Circa 3000BC
* Writing Royal Names With Hieroglyphs -- Of Serekhs and Cartouches
* The Naqadan Culture 3900-3000 BC -- The First Pan-Egyptian Culture
* Watercraft in Egypt's State Formation -- Sinking the Boats
* The Birth of Hieroglyphs -- Learning to Write
* The Reign of King Khasekhemwy -- Uniting the Two Kingdoms
* Monumental Mortuary Architecture -- From Pits to Pyramids
* Writing The Pyramid Texts -- How a King Became an Akh
* What The Ancients Saw In St. Elmo's fire -- Lights on the Sea
* Many Myths, Few Realities -- The Druids
* Using Astronomy For Dating -- Eclipses in Antiquity
* Epicurus' Moderate Hedonism -- Nothing to Fear
* How Do They Know How To -- Explain the Past