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Naqada III
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<p>Naqada III is the last phase of the <a href="/facts/Naqada_culture/qR2XFhSJ">Naqada culture</a> of ancient <a href="/facts/Prehistoric_Egypt/DGNDIHm5">Egyptian prehistory</a>, dating from approximately 3200 to 3000 BC. It is the period during which the process of <a href="/facts/State_formation/3l2dQSLm">state formation</a>, which began in <a href="/facts/Naqada_II/kQy8uv2Y">Naqada II</a>, became highly visible, with named kings heading powerful <a href="/facts/Polities/0R8Wr4CL">polities</a>. Naqada III is often referred to as Dynasty 0 or the Protodynastic Period to reflect the presence of kings at the head of influential states, although, in fact, the kings involved would not have been a part of a dynasty. In this period, those kings' names were inscribed in the form of <a href="/facts/Serekh/Plwggj5E">serekhs</a> on a variety of surfaces including pottery and tombs. </p>