King Menes

King Menes

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King Menes, the ruler of the Kingdom of the South, was able to unify Lower Egypt with the tribal side around the year 3200 BC. He created a strong central government for all of Egypt, and he became the first ruler to hold several titles, such as: King of the Two Lands, Owner of the Two Crowns, Eagle of the South, Serpent of the North, and he was all of that. In praise of the deeds done by this great hero.

Thus, King Menes became the founder of the first ruling dynasty in the history of Pharaonic Egypt, and indeed in the history of the entire world, and he wore the double crown of the northern and southern kingdoms.

King Menes realized the necessity of building a city in a medium location, from which he could supervise the coastal and sea sides, so he founded a new city on the western shore of the Nile in the place of the current village of “Mit Rahina” in Giza Governorate.

It was initially a military fortress surrounded by a white wall, and its owner wanted it to  It fortifies and protects the kingdom from the raids of the owners of the north, and Menes had called it “Nefer”, meaning the beautiful port, and later it was called “Memphis” in the time of Greece, then the Arabs called it Memphis, and the city of “Memphis” became the capital of all of Egypt during the era of the Old Kingdom until the end of the dynasty Six