Narmer

Narmer
Menes (?)[a][b]
Narmer on the Verso of the Narmer Palette
Pharaoh
Reign	c. 3100 BC
Predecessor	Ka? Scorpion II?
Successor	Hor-Aha
Royal titulary Horus name Hor-Narmer Ḥr-nˁr-mr Fierce catfish of Horus Second Horus name: Hor-Nar (version often show in a serekh with just the catfish)[1] Ḥr-nˁr The catfish of Horus Third Horus name: Hor-Narmer-Tjai (rare—only one example exists) Ḥr-nˁr-mr-ṯ3j Manly catfish of Horus Praenomen (Disputed) Nisut-Bity-Men nsw.t-bjtj-mn King of Upper and Lower Egypt, the endurer[2] (Disputed) Menes[a][b] Mnj He who endures[3]
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";^[4][5][6] fl. c. 3100 BC)^[7] was an ancient Egyptian king of the Early Dynastic Period, whose reign began at the end of the 4th millennium BC. 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][9][10][11]}

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