Petrie, W.M.F., The Making of Egypt, London. New York, Sheldon Press; Macmillan, 1939, p. 78
Petrie, famously known as "The Father of Pre-history".
Narmer Palette. The principal monument of the first king Narmer (Menes) is the large slate palette. This shows his capture of the "chief of the lake" (uo she), and the falcon holding 6,000 prisoners. Behind him is his body-servant carrying the sandals and a water-pot; he is named the "king servant," the rosette here, and elsewhere, being used for the king. The resemblance of the king on this palette to the sculptor's trial piece, or model, shows that almost certainly to be the royal portrait. It was never part of a statute, being flat on the back and top; it seems to be a life-study as a model for future figures. It is accepted as the oldest portrait figure, by Michaelis, who notes the "astonishing acuteness of the racial type."
The head of Hathor on the top of the palette and around the belt of the king show that she was the protective deity of the tribe. This accounts for the spread of her worship over the whole of Egypt, not only localised as other tribal deities.
W.M.F. Petrie, 1939
Egyptologist Petrie, excavations at Nagada and Ballas in Upper Egypt nearly 100 years ago unearth nearly 2200 ancient graves. He wrote over a thousand books, articles and reviews reporting on his excavations and his finds.
Fayum Chief, according
to Petrie, The Making of Egypt, 1939, p. 87
Libya. The appearance of the Fayum is dated at
5000 B.C., and their disappearance around 4000 B.C. The skulls of these people, are all dolichocephalic and Mediterranean. There is no trace of negroid influence, and the skulls are said to be larger than those of predynastic Egyptians.
