Egypt Museum

pre-dynastic period

Pre-Dynastic Ivory & Bone Figures

Before Egypt’s first kings unified the Two Lands, local cultures along the Nile were already producing works of remarkable grace and imagination. The Predynastic Period (spanning roughly from 4500 to 3100 B.C.) was a time of experimentation and regional identity, when communities from Upper Egypt, particularly around Naqada, Abydos, and Hierakonpolis, evolved the symbols, rituals,...

The Sabu Disk

Discovered in 1936 by British archaeologist Walter Bryan Emery within the tomb of Prince Sabu at the Saqqara necropolis, the so-called “Sabu Disk” is a unique object which stands as a testament to the advanced craftsmanship of early Egyptian artisans.​ Believed to date from the First Dynasty, c. 3000–2800 B.C., the disk measures approximately 61...