Furnishes a chronology of the predynastic rulers of Egypt, and details the emergence of state symbols and changes in burial customs.

Chronicles a history of the region from archaeological finds at the Olduvai Gorge site. Details the hunter gatherer tribes.

Details the Arkinian and Sharmarkian artifacts of the period, and details their settlements, agriculture, and animal domestication.

Details the development of stone tools and the industries of the Mousterian Pluvial. Also describes the Khormusan hunters.

Describes the transition from nomadic tribes to civilized farm communities. Also details their necrophobia and early tombs.

Details the discoveries gleaned from the Kom Ombo site and its Sebilian industry. Also describes the coexistent Silsillian industry.

Explores the protodynastic and Old Kingdom periods of Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Palestine. Describes funerary and sacrificial rites.

Details the wealth and rivalry of the villages Nekheb and Nekhen. Describes their unification by Narmer, and the development of writing.