Engraved Rock Art May Be Linked to Egypt's Earliest Rulers - Archaeology Magazine

Engraved Rock Art May Be Linked to Egypt's Earliest Rulers - Archaeology Magazine

Image of a boat engraved on rock face in Aswan, Egypt (top), and drawing of the scene (above) ASWAN, EGYPT—La Brújula Verde reports that a recently discovered rock art panel near Aswan in the Lower Nile Valley is providing new clues about a pivotal time in Egyptian history—the very formation of the ancient Egyptian state itself. The engraving was made around the end of the fourth millennium b.c., when Egypt was transitioning into a unified kingd…