1. Emery, 1961: 43

2. Rice, 1990: 107

3. Midant-Reynes, 2000: 246

4. Wilkinson, 1999: 68

5. Emery 1961: 45. Also earlier William Flinders Petrie, 1939, The Making of Egypt, and recently, Michael Hoffman, 1980, Egypt before the Pharaohs

6. For a further discussion, see Wilkinson, 1999: 48ff

7. See B Trigger, 1983, Ancient Egypt, A Social History: T Wilkinson, 1999, Early Dynastic Egypt: F Hassan, 1992, ‘Primeval Goddess to Divine King’