The name Menes is first documented in the work of Manetho, an Egyptian historian and priest of the relatively late
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Egyptologists, archaeologists, and scholars from the 19th century have proposed different dates for the era of Menes, or the date of the first dynasty:
• John Gardner Wilkinson (1835) – 2320 BC
• Jean-Franç… See more

Ancient tradition ascribes to Menes to uniting Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom and becoming the first pharaoh of the First Dynasty. Although Menes does not appear on extant pieces of the Royal Annals (Cai… See more

Alexander Dow (1735/6–79), a Scottish orientalist and playwright, wrote the tragedy Sethona, set in ancient Egypt. The lead part of Menes is described in the dramatis personæ as "next male-heir to the crown" now worn by … See more

• First Dynasty of Egypt family tree
• Hor-Aha
• Min (god)
• Minos, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa… See more

1. ^ Kitchen, KA (1991). "The Chronology of Ancient Egypt". World Archaeology. 23 (2): 201–8. doi:10.1080/00438243.1991.9980172.
2. ^ Edwards 1971, p. 13.
3. ^ Lloyd 1994, p. 7. … See more