Menes

Menes ( ; ; , probably pronounced *; and ) was a pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period of ancient Egypt, credited by classical tradition with having united Upper and Lower Egypt, and as the founder of the First Dynasty.

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Menes was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh credited with uniting Upper and Lower Egypt and founding the First Dynasty during Egypt's Early Dynastic Period. He is significant because classical tradition remembers him as the ruler who brought together the separate kingdoms of Egypt into a single unified state.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Menes is referenced by 556 other articles, and connects out to Palermo Stone, Fourteenth Dynasty of Egypt and Early Dynastic Period of Egypt.

It sits within the topics 31st-century BC pharaohs, 32nd-century BC pharaohs and Accidental deaths in Egypt.

Its subject is documented across 62 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Pharaoh.Name: Menes
Pharaoh.Image: Abydos KL 01-01 n01.jpg
Pharaoh.caption: The cartouche of Menes on the Abydos King List
Pharaoh.prenomen: MenesMnjHe who enduresNisut-Bity-Mennsw.t-bjtj-mnKing of Upper and Lower Egypt, the endurerM23:t-L2:t-Y5
Pharaoh.Dynasty: First Dynasty

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Wikidata facts

Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Egypt
Occupation: monarch
Position held: pharaoh
Noble title: pharaoh
Image: Abydos KL 01-01 n01.jpg

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Commons category: Menes
date of birth: 3200-00-00
date of death: 3125-00-00
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
cause of death: animal attack

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections

Contents

Name and identity
Narmer, Hor-Aha, and Menes
Dates
History
Capital
Cultural influence
Crocodile episode
Death
In popular culture
See also
Explanatory notes
Citations
General and cited references
External links

The identity of Menes is the subject of ongoing debate, although mainstream Egyptological consensus inconclusively identifies Menes with the Naqada III ruler Narmer or his successor, the First Dynasty pharaoh Hor-Aha.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Menes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.