Narmer

 

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Narmer 
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It is the last king of the dynasty 0 or the first of the 1st dynasty. Khenti-Amentiu, god of Abydos, is the only god dog who is mentioned from the reign of Narmer (toward 3150 A.D.).  His name means "the one that is in the front of the Westerners", and evoke the place where was constructed the big necropolis. He indicates the dead and deified king. He appears on the face a of the palette, preceding the royal placenta: the passage to the beyond is followed thus by a rebirth.

Reproduction of a drawing of the palette of Narmer : on the b face, is etched the "scene of the enemy's massacre" of which examples come of the previous period and that will last during the history of Egypt. For detailed explanations, that exceed the framework of this site centered on Abydos, please refer to the quoted books and to the web sites that are about this question.

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