The inscriptions also document a queen named Neith-Hotep, who ruled as a regent for a young pharaoh named Djer sometime In the late predynastic period. Related: How old is ancient Egypt?

This very early predynastic beaker is a key part of the Bexley Museum Collection. It is over 6,000 years old and from the Naqada I period between 4,000 and 3,600BC. Black topped ware was made in a ...