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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Menes.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Meni, Narmer [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/menes.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Mena, Narmer [IMG]http://www.egiptomania.com/historia/imagen/cabezanarmer.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Menes, Narmer [IMG]http://ferrebeekeeper.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/narmer.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Meni/Narmer and female Prime minister [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Narmer_Palette%2C_Egypt%2C_c._3100_BC_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC09726.JPG/450px-Narmer_Palette%2C_Egypt%2C_c._3100_BC_-_Royal_Ontario_Museum_-_DSC09726.JPG[/IMG] Pharaoh Narmer [IMG]http://antikforever.com/Egypte/Dyn/Images/Dynastie%2000-10/Narmer.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Mena, Narmer [IMG]http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Images_Egypt/Egypt_Narmer2.jpg[/IMG] Pharaoh Menes, Narmer HAPPY EGYPTIAN PHARAOH CORONATION DAY. Narmer was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period (c. 31st century BC).[1] Probably the successor to the Protodynastic pharaohs Scorpion and/or Ka, some consider him the unifier of Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty, therefore the first pharaoh of unified Egypt. The identity of Narmer is the subject of ongoing debate, although mainstream Egyptological consensus[2][3][4] identifies Narmer with the First Dynasty pharaoh Menes. Menes is also credited with the unification of Egypt, as the first pharaoh. This conclusion is based on the Narmer Palette which shows Narmer as the unifier of Egypt and the two necropolis seals from the necropolis of Abydos that show him as the first king of the First Dynasty The famous Narmer Palette, discovered by James E. Quibell in 1898 in Hierakonpolis,[5] shows Narmer displaying the insignia of both Upper and Lower Egypt, giving rise to the theory that he unified the two kingdoms.[6] Since its discovery, it has been debated whether the Narmer Palette represents an historic event[6][7] or was purely symbolic.[8][9] In 1993, however, Günter Dreyer discovered in Abydos a year label of Narmer depicting the same event as that on the Narmer Palette which clearly shows that the Narmer Palette depicts an actual historic event.[10] The mainstream Egyptological consensus identifying Narmer with Menes is by no means universal. This has ramifications for the agreed history of ancient Egypt. Some Egyptologists hold that Menes is the same person as Hor-Aha and that he inherited an already-unified Egypt from Narmer;[11] others hold that Narmer began the process of unification but either did not succeed or succeeded only partially, leaving it to Menes to complete. Arguments have been made that Narmer is Menes because of his appearance on a mud seal impression found in Abydos in conjunction with the gameboard hieroglyph for "mn", which appears to be a contemporary record of the otherwise unattested king.[12] Another possible theory is that Narmer was an immediate successor to the king who did manage to unify Egypt (perhaps the King Scorpion whose name was found on a macehead also discovered in Hierakonpolis), but he adopted symbols of unification that had already been in use for perhaps a generation.[13] Two necropolis mud sealings listing kings recently found in the tombs of Den and Qa'a (both in Abydos) show Narmer as the founder of the First Dynasty, who was then followed by Hor-Aha. The Qa'a sealing shows all eight kings of the First Dynasty in the correct sequence beginning with Narmer.[14] Menes is not mentioned on either list of kings because at that time the name generally used on the monuments was the Horus name, while Menes was a personal name[15]. His wife is thought to have been Neithhotep (literally: "Neith is satisfied"), a princess of Lower Egypt. Inscriptions bearing her name were found in tombs belonging to Narmer's immediate successors Hor-Aha and Djer, implying that she was the mother of Hor-Aha Menes (Egyptian: Meni; Ancient Greek: Μήνης;[4] Arabic: مينا‎) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the early dynastic period, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the first dynasty (Dynasty I).[5] The identity of Menes is the subject of ongoing debate, although mainstream Egyptological consensus identifies Menes with the protodynastic pharaoh Narmer[1][2][3] (most likely) or first dynasty Hor-Aha.[6] Both pharaohs are credited with the unification of Egypt, to different degrees by various authorities The commonly used Menes derives from Manetho, an Egyptian historian and priest who lived during the Ptolemaic period. Manetho used the name in the form Μήνης (transliterated: Mênês).[4][7] An alternative Greek form, Μιν (transliterated: Min), was cited by the 5th-century BCE historian Herodotus,[8] a variant no longer considered the result of contamination from the name of the god Min.[9] The Egyptian form, Meni, is taken from the Turin and Abydos king lists (dated Dynasty XIX).[7] The name, Menes, means "He who endures", which, Edwards (1971) suggests, may have been coined as "a mere descriptive epithet denoting a semi-legendary hero [...] whose name had been lost".[4] Rather than a particular person, the name may conceal collectively the protodynastic pharaohs Ka, Scorpion and Narmer [/QB][/QUOTE]
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