Comment: I commend you all for your efforts considering the challenges you faced with the dams. However I'm extremely dissapointed in your analysis of the evidence. There has been controversy between scholars for centuries as to whether the the first Dynasty of Egypt was a descended from Nubian influence, and this was your opportunity to do just that. But I feel that you took the safe cowardly way out as to not "ruffle" any feathers. Regarding the mysterious A-group peple, particularly the terminal A-group, you leave eager Nubian ethusiast with "The complete breakdown of the A-Group culture came abruptly when the Egyptian kings of the First Dynasty took full control" and end it with the vaguely inexplicable "The population may have become nomadic, leaving few material remains behind." When you clearly have the archaeological evidence to support that the mysterious "A-group" is in fact what has become the Egyptian Gerzeans. When comparing the pottery of the Egyptian Gerzeans with the Egyptian Amratian, 2 things are clearly evident n the findings that you present: 1. the animals like the "ostriches" painted on the pottery are NOT found around the Nile, but ARE found in Nubia, however this same pottery has been discovered in Egypt amongst the so-called Gerzeans, as it is more advanced than the pottery found in northern Egypt in that is is decorated with Art, just like the pottery found in Nubia. Also the tomb building and sacrifices discovered amongst the a-group Nubians is the same style amongst the so-called Gerzeans. Carbon dated conducted by nubian ecavators of The Chicago Oriental Institute led by Professor Keith Steel show that carbon dating of the Gebel Sheikh Suleiman inscription is found near Buhen, Nubia is 200 years older than the first recorded Egyptian script and that it was probably written by the A-group people. In addition, your artifact showing the vessel with a rowboat, and what appears to be water, could prove evident that this group has travelled up the Nile to Egypt. Further findings from the Oriental Institute of Chicago show a stone incense burner found at Qustul we find a palace facade, a crowned King sitting on a throne in a boat, with a royal standard placed before the King and hovering above him, the falcon god Horus. The white crown on this Qustul king was later worn by the rulers of Upper Egypt. So now we know where your "nomadic A-group" is-------Pharonic Egypt.
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