This excerpt zeroes in on a central theme of archaic Kemetic art: priestess or goddess with upraised arms. This motif is widespread in world art, as shown in chapter I of my dvd Woman Shaman: the Ancients, but it is particularly salient in pre-pharaonic Egypt.

As I show here, she appears frequently and in multiple media: ceramic figurines, painted pottery, rock art, and in a protodynastic mural.

You can see the full presentation of the visual talk Kemet Before the Pharaohs: Predynastic Egypt here in the course, under the tab above titled "Feb. Livecast Recording: Kemet Before the Pharaohs."

I made this condensed version to emphasize this particular theme, and also for those of you whose time is limited. If you want to see the full video, though, you need to do so before April 1, 2021, since my Zoom cloud storage is limited and there will be new webcasts in March.

Here is the oldest depiction of the Invoking Women that I have found for Egypt, from el-Mestekawi Cave in the Gilf Kebir, a plateau rich in rock art in SW Egypt, in the Saharan sector of the country.