Ancient History magazine 4 Theme: Egypt before the pyramids

• Sidney Dean, 'The emergence of Egypt'
• Marc DeSantis, 'Naqada. The first pan-Egyptian culture'
• Martin Uildriks, 'Sinking the boats'
• Sigrid van Roode, 'The birth of the hieroglyphs'
• Rebecca Batley, 'Khasekhemwy, Egypt’s unifier?'
• Jetty Boots, 'From pits to pyramids'
• Janko Duiker, 'The Pyramid Texts'

Features:

• Museum piece: Dirk Drijver, 'A message from the third century'
• Maura Andreoni, 'Lights on the sea'
• Rob van Gent, 'The eclipse of 585 BC'
• Michael Taylor, 'Druids'
• Kees Alders, 'Epicurus’ Moderate Hedonism'
• The Big Review: Jona Lendering, 'The quest for the historical Jesus'
• How do they know? 'Written and spoken language'