Pharaoh Menes' conquest of the land enemies

The Pharaoh in his later life from the inheritance of valuable objects and treasures gold and thrones that are like representatives of the Egyptian gods. Many objects from the discovery of archaeologists and the concepts created from the past to the present in various aspects of Egypt. Society architecture cultural development jewelry and clothing that have changed according to the main elements of the unified kingdom in the gods. Pharaoh Menes unified the red and white lands around 3100 BC. The initial movement of Scorpion another southern ruler whose limestone club head was discovered for ritual use at Hierakonpolis in 1898.


The carvings on the heads of stone clubs that record the movement of the Scorpion main elements of the unified kingdom. Battle operations against the enemy The great success of Pharaoh Menes who is credited as the last conqueror of the northern lands and unified the two lands and founded Egypt in the later dynasties after he became the first king of the 1st dynasty in the temple at Hierakonpolis Nechen from the success that is credited as the conqueror of the land Menes wore a red crown and participated in the ritual image carved on the head of his club indicating his marriage to the heiress of the Red Land. This unification would further solidify the northern kingdom and establish the rightful rule of the new capital in the north at the end of the delta.



The slate plate known as the Narmer plate, a large ritual palette now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo is a good example of this type of palette developed in the predynastic period after the smaller plain slate plates. The offerings excavated in the main deposit in the temple at Hierakonpolis, Nechen, are another important event included in many tombs as part of the decoration used for the eye-painting. The large ritual palette became used to record important events and express gratitude to the gods for the victory of the unification of Egypt. The Narmer plate a slate plate the front of the plate shows the pharaoh wearing a white crown beating the northern chieftains and captives followed by a man in charge holding a teapot and the king's sandals and below this group are two slain people. On the back are two combined animal forms intertwined with two men holding a rope around the animal's neck. The obverse of the plate commemorates the king as the conqueror of the south and the reverse as the unified ruler of Egypt from the conquest as the capital of Memphis. The hieroglyphics of the Narmer plate depict the conquest of Lower Egypt above the heads of the northern chiefs and ten conquered northerners tied together with a banner bearer. The composition is marked by the sacrifice of several captives. This ritual may have taken place on the battlefield or at the temple in the Nechen.

King Narmer " Menes " / photo : egypttoursportal

Provision menus Inside the tombs to stock up on magical supplies or neglect to prepare food in the tombs. Efforts to preserve the body by physical means so that the spirit of the owner can receive food gradually spread throughout the culture. "Menus" were inscribed with basic items in the tombs. The Old Kingdom The foundation of society was established in the ancient period. The 3rd–6th dynasties Egypt was highly organized and centralized. Art architecture literature masonry and metalwork, which allowed it to devote a great deal of wealth and manpower built monuments to serve as its burial sites. The Great Pyramid built for King Khufu at Giza The 4th dynasty The peak of tomb construction and the pyramids became a great economic burden on Egypt's resources led to the decline and disintegration of the Old Kingdom. To make the burial safer the provision of a full eternal meal was very important, and additional offerings were left there with the size and number of rooms indicating the wealth of the living in the afterlife as well as the numerous goods and utensils used in the tomb which became standard by the end of the Second Dynasty for important officials and others.