Narmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Menes(?) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Verso of the Narmer Palette | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pharaoh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reign | Somewhere in between 3273–2987 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Predecessor | Ka? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Successor | Hor-Aha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Consort | Uncertain: possibly Neithhotep | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Children | Uncertain: probably Hor-Aha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Father | Ka?, Scorpion II? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burial | Chambers B17 and B18, Umm El Qa'ab | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dynasty | 1st dynasty |
Narmer (Ancient Egyptian: nꜥr-mr, may mean "painful catfish", "stinging catfish", "harsh catfish", or "fierce catfish;"[1][2][3] fl. c. 3150 BC[4]) was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh of the Early Dynastic Period, whose reign began at a date estimated to fall in the range 3273–2987 BC.[5] He was the successor to the Protodynastic king Ka. Many scholars consider him the unifier of Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty, and in turn the first king of a unified Egypt. He also had a prominently noticeable presence in Canaan, compared to his predecessors and successors. Neithhotep is thought to be his queen consort or his daughter.
A majority of Egyptologists believe that Narmer was the same person as Menes.[a][7][8][9]
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