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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14 sectionsContents
- Name and identity
- Narmer, Hor-Aha, and Menes
- Dates
- History
- Capital
- Cultural influence
- Crocodile episode
- Death
- In popular culture
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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.
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.