Gerzean culture: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Naqādah II culture • Nagādah II culture

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Prehistoric Egyptian jar

Painted clay vessel with flamingos and ibexes, Gerzean culture; in the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Ger.

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