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Mekh
- Dynasty
- Lower Egyptian kings
- Period
- Predynastic Period & Dynasty 0, until c. 3000 BC
- Capital at the time
- Abydos, Hierakonpolis
Mekh is listed in the king list under ‘Lower Egyptian kings’ and so belongs to this period: Predynastic Period & Dynasty 0 (until c. 3000 BC). No exact reign dates have survived.
What is known about Mekh
Attested only on the Palermo Stone. After him follows a further name, now destroyed.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
The period: Predynastic Period & Dynasty 0
From about 4000 BC the Naqada culture develops along the Nile. Towards its end, rival petty kingdoms emerge in Upper and Lower Egypt. Some of their rulers are known to us only from names scratched on pottery vessels. Out of their struggles the unified Egyptian state is born.
- c. 3320 BCTomb U-j at Abydos: more than 170 inscribed labels of bone and ivory, the oldest written records in Egypt and among the oldest of humankind.
- c. 3250 BCScorpion I: he is credited with introducing writing and the first irrigation works.
- c. 3025 BCScorpion II is depicted wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt, one of the earliest royal symbols.
- c. 3000 BCNarmer Palette: the unification of the country is celebrated as the king’s victory over his enemies.
More about this period: Predynastic Period & Dynasty 0
Lower Egyptian kings: all rulers
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