Foreword / Gil J. Stein
The early chronology of Egypt
Introduction / Emily Teeter
List of contributors
Map of principal areas and sites
Sequence dating and Predynastic chronology / Stan Hendrickx
Petrie and the discovery of earliest Egypt / Patricia Spencer
Political organization of Egypt in the Predynastic Period / Branislav Andelkovic
Hierakonpolis / Renee Friedman
The Predynastic cultures of the Nile delta / Yunn Tristant and Beatrix Midant-Reynes
The Predynastic/Early Dynastic Period at Tell el-Farkha / Krzystof M. Cialowicz
Material culture of the Predynastic Period / Alice Stevenson
Iconography of the Predynastic and Early Dynastic Periods / Stan Hendrickx
Relations between Egypt and Nubia in the Naqada Period / Bruce B. Williams
Crafts and craft specialization / Stan Hendrickx
The invention of writing in Egypt / David Wengrow
Early interaction between peoples of the Nile Valley and the southern Levant / Eliot Braun
The rise of the Egyptian state / E. Christiana Kohler
Tomb U-j : a royal burial of Dynasty 0 at Abydos / Gunter Dreyer
The first kings of Egypt : the Abydos evidence / Laurel Bestock
The Narmer Palette : a new interpretation / David O'Connor
Catalog of objects. The physical setting : the Nile Valley (Contact and trade ; Sequence dating) ; The culture of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Predynastic pottery of upper Egypt ; Stone work) ; Early Dynastic religion (Gods ; Votive offerings) ; Rise of the state (The battlefield palette ; Statue of King Khasekhem ; The invention of writing ; Symbols of royal power ; Objects from the royal tombs ; Subsidiary burials of the First Dynasty)
Concordance of museum registration numbers
Checklist of the exhibit.