Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Egyptian (ancient)
8. Egyptian periods
9. Early Dynastic (Egyptian)

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the period in Egypt from about 2775 to 2650 BCE. Works of art include wall paintings, reliefs, sculpture, and pottery and reflect increasingly formal artistic conventions. Architecture is distinguished by the construction of rectangular mastabas erected to protect subterranean tombs and to assert the status of the deceased.