1. Predynastic and Archaic Periods
- Emery, Walter B. Archaic Egypt. Penguin Books, 1961.
- Many of the conclusions are now out of date but the volume is very valuable for it source material on architecture and glyptic. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Frankfort, Henri. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient. Penguin, 1954.
- Survey of western Asiatic art, useful for comparative purposes. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Hoffman, Michael. Egypt Before the Pharaohs. Alfred Knopf, 1979.
- Very readable and exhaustive survey of the Predynastic Period. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Petrie, Flinders. Ceremonial Slate Palettes/ Corpus of Proto-Dynastic Pottery. British School of Archaeology (London), 1953.
- Pittman, Holly. "Constructing Context: The Gebel el Arak Knife: Greater Mesopotamian and Egyptian Interaction in the Late Fourth Millennium B.C." in The Study of the Ancient Near East in the Twenty-first Century. edited by G. Cooper and G. Schwartz. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1996.
- Smith, H.S, "The Making of Egypt: A Review of the Influence of Susa and Sumer on Upper Egypt and Lower Nubia in the 4th Millennium B.C." in The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman. pp. 235-246. edited by Rene Friedman and Barbara Adams. Oxbow Books, 1992.
- Comparison of the iconography of Susa (Persia) and Sumer with Predynastic Egypt. Argues for contact with Persian Gulf and Upper Egypt via Red Sea route. Compare to von der Way in same volume. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Spencer, A. J. Early Egypt:The Rise of Civilization in the Nile Valley. The British Museum, 1993.
- Up-to-date survey of the Predynastic and its cultural legacy. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- von der Way, Thomas. "Indications of Architecture with Niches at Buto." in The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman. pp. 217-226. edited by Rene Friedman and Barbara Adams. Oxbow Books, 1992.
- Study of interconnections of Egypt with Western Asia through Buto in the Delta. Advocates northern route contact. Contrast to Smith in same volume. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Williams, Bruce. "Lost Pharaohs of Nubia." Archaeology 33. September/ October 1980, pp. 12-21.
- Makes the case that much of Predynastic Egyptian culture was borrowed from Lower Nubia.
- Williams, Bruce and Thomas Logan. "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Knife Handle and Aspects of Pharaonic Imagery before Narmer," Journal of New Eastern Studies, 46/4 (1987), pp. 245-285.
- Study of relationship of early iconography of Egypt, Nubia and Western Asia. Not all the conclusions have held up, but remains valuable source material.
2. The Old Kingdom, First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom
- Bietak, Manfred. Avaris: The Capital of the Hyksos. The British Museum, 1996.
- Comments about the Minoan-style paintings from Tell el Daba. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Bourriau, Janine. Pharaohs and Mortals: Egyptian Art of the Middle Kingdom, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1988. pb.
- Excellent treatment of Middle Kingdom sculpture and relief. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Davies, W.V. and L. Schofield (editors). Egypt, the Aegean and the Levant: Interconnections in the Second Millennium B.C. The British Museum, 1995.
- Includes papers on the Minoan-style paintings, Hyksos metal work and ceramics. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Delange, Elisabeth. Catalogue des statues gyptiennes du Moyen Empire 2060-1560 avant J.-C. Ministre de la Culture (Paris), 1987. pb.
- Compendium of Middle Kingdom statues.
- Hayes, William. The Scepter of Egypt: Before 1600 B.C. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, reissued 1990. pb.
- Essentially a handbook to the vast collections of the Metropolitan, but an excellent source for art. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Hein, Irmgard (editor). Pharaonen und Fremde: Dynastien im Dunkel. (Pharaohs and Foreigners: Dynasties in Darkness). Museums der Stadt Wien, 1994.
- One of the only sources for material culture of the Hyksos.
- Kunst des Alten Reiches: Symposium im Deutschen Archologischen Institut Kairo am 29. und 30. Oktober 1991. Philipp von Zabern, 1995.
- Several of the articles are in English, including a study of the "pseudo-groups" (pp. 57-74).
- Robins, Gay (editor). Beyond the Pyramids, Emory University, 1990. pb.
- One of the few works on First Intermediate Period art with emphasis upon sites excavated by the Italians. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Russmann, Edna. "A Second Style in Egyptian Art of the Old Kingdom." Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archeologiischen Instituts Abteilungen Kairo 51 (1995): 269-79.
- Smith, W.S. A History of Egyptian Sculpture and Painting in the Old Kingdom.1949.
- Still one of the classics. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
- Tooley, Angela. Egyptian Models and Scenes. Shire, 1995. pb.
- Handy source for Middle Kingdom wood models. [Buy it on line and support the Research Archives]
