Mene Vs Narmer

The Egyptian culture is a very strong and independent society that had many rulers to rule the people and establish order. The first Pharaoh to create structure in the communities of Egypt is known to be a man by the name of Menes. Menes was very influential leader because he had done so many different things to make Egypt the strong power that it had been known to be. He accomplished the task of creating one nation by merging the Upper and Lower regions of Egypt together, creating the Kingdom of Egypt. Aside from uniting the Upper and Lower parts of Egypt, Menes also discovered the city of Crocodopolis, which is home to the first temple made to Ptah, or Menes, and Memphis, which is the city that Menes decided to make his capitol.

The controversy that is

The reason that some think the two rulers were the same person is because Narmer was recognized as the first Pharaoh of the first Egyptian Dynasty. Also, Narmer is known to have been responsible for unifying the Upper and Lower regions of Egypt. Anyways, historians question whether the men were the same person or possibly even three different people; Narmer, Menes, and Aha. Evidence supporting the fact that all of the men were the same person is supported by the two items found at Nahal Tillah and Umm el-Ka'ab. The Narmer Palette was founded in Quibell and is described to show King Narmer making the Upper and Lower areas of Egypt as one. On one side of the painting, Narmer is shown wearing a red crown that resembles Lower Egypt and on the other side he is wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt. At first, most assumed that this information meant that Menes and Narmer were not the same person, but a Greek scholar by the name of Herodotus stated in his workings that Menes was responsible for merging Upper and Lower Egypt and had discovered the first dynasty. Another reason why the two could