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NARMER

EGYPT
The Egyptian Early Dynastic Period period created a civilization based on the unification of land, culture, religion and goverment that lasted more than 3000 years.

POWER OF PHARAOH
The pharaoh was the most powerful person in ancient Egypt. He was the political and religious leader of the Egyptian people: he owned all of the land, made laws, collected taxes, defended Egypt against foreigners, and represented the gods on Earth.

HISTORY OF EGYPT
Before the Pharaoh's reign, Egypt was divided into a lot of provinces. Eventually they became two kingdoms: Upper Egypt in the South and Lower Egypt in the North. The capital of Upper Egypt was Nejen, that was represented by a vulture and a white crown, and the capital of Lower Egypt was Bruto, represented by a cobra and a red crown. After a long time Upper Egypt subdued Lower Egypt and they came to be a single territory with the capital established in Memfis. After this conquest the king, Narmer, took all the symbols (the vulture, the cobra and a white and red crown) and he was the first king of a unified Egypt. He belonged to the 0 dynasty that reigned between 3200 and 3065 B. C. He reigned since he was 30 until he was 62 years old. Althought Menes was the first king to be recorded in the list of Egyptian kings there is no archaeological evidence of his existence, and probably he is a mixture of the earliest kings, such as Scorpion, Narmer and Aha. media type="youtube" key="ko8Zl0oCMUY" width="283" height="216"

NARMER PALLETE
Narmer Palette, a single piece of flat, soft dark gray-green siltstone, represents the unification of both kingdoms. On both sides of the Palette the name of Narmer is carved between two cow heads with human face and the king is shown victorious over his enemies: striking down a kneeling enemy, stepping on the bodies of some other enemies, surrounded by decapitated corpses of his foes and breaking the walls of an enemy city. The unification took place after several battles althought the Palette represented only one. The Palette was found by the british archeologist J. E. Quibell in 1898 in Hierakonpolis, the ancient Pre-Dynastic capital located in the south of Egypt.

== NARMER == Narmer did not have a pyramid constructed for him, so he was buried in the real cementery of Upper Egypt, in the city of Abydos. His tomb has a double chamber, one for his body and the other is used as a store that contained: pottery vessels containing food and drink, clothing, jewellery and other possessions.



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