BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: PHARAOH NARMER/MENES-FOUNDER OF YHE FIRST DYNASTY OF EGYPT 🇪🇬!❤️💛💚
Limestone Head of Narmer-Founder of The First Dynasty of Egypt 3100 BC. (Currently located in the Petrie Museum in London).
BY:Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare
EARLY LIFE
Pharaoh Narmer (believed by many experts of Egyptology to be the same pharaoh known as Menes). He was a Pharaoh in the early dynastic period of Egypt. He inherited the ancient African crown from protodynastic pharaoh Ka (also known as Sekhen).
UNIFER
He is believed by Egyptologists to of been the founder of the first dynasty of the kingdom of Egypt. He was the first pharaoh of the then newly united kingdom of Egypt, when he united upper and lower Egypt.
Verso of Narmer Palette, which depicts Pharaoh Narmer/Menes unifying Upper and Lower Egypt.
HIS REIGN
It is believed by many Egyptologists and scholars on Egyptian history that his reign began somewhere around 3100 BC. However, some theories say his reign on the throne may of started in 3273 BC or even 2987 BC.
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BONUS PHOTO GALLERY 🇪🇬📸
Pharaoh Narmer wearing the Deshret crown of Lower Egypt on the Narmer PalettePottery sherd inscribed with the serekh and name of Narmer, on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonA mud jar sealing indicating that the contents came from the estate of Narmer. Originally from Tarkhan, now on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York CityIncised inscription on a vessel found at Tarkhan (tomb 414), naming Narmer; Petrie Museum UC 16083Arrowheads from Narmer’s tomb, Petrie 1905, Royal Tombs II, pl. IV.14. According to Dreyer,[33] these arrowheads are probably from the tomb of Djer, where similar arrowheads were found.Photograph of sherd showing Narmer serekh from Nahal Tillah without the chisel sign to spell his name, used with permission of copyright holder, Thomas E. Levy, Levantine and Cyber-Archaeology Laboratory, UC San Diego.Alabaster statue of a baboon divinity with the name of Narmer inscribed on its base, on display at the Ägyptisches Museum Berlin
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