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1st Dynasty 3032 - 2853 BCE

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Left: Menes, Aha, or Narma 3,032 B.C. Menes was a Thinite (A native of Thinis or Abydos), which was located in Upper Egypt between the first cataract and the Delta. Menes and his successors ruled from this city. During his reign he put into effect a body of laws introduced luxurious and extravagant manners of living. He also built a new capital at Ined Hedj, meaning the "White Wall." He united agricultural towns and villages, along the Nile into a single realm. He was the founder of The Egyptian dynasties.
Right: Label from the time of King Den First Dynasty 2,900 B.C. Courtesy of The British Museum London.
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Bigger Image DjetDjet, the fourth king of the First Dynasty, 2,952 BC. Like other rulers of the Archaic Period, had his tomb in Abydos marked by two stelae bearing his name.

This was 'Serpent' (Djet) written within a serekh. A representation of his palace both in plan and elevation. Surmounted by the falcon Horus of whom he was an incarnation.

Aha (Menes) 3032-3000
Atoti (athotis 1st) 30000-2999
Djer 2999-2952 Wadji 2952-2939
Dewen 2939-2892 Semerkhet 2886-2878
Qaa 2878-2853

2nd Dynasty 2853 - 2707 BCE

Bigger Image KhasekhemBigger Image NebreLeft: Restored statue of King Khasekhem Second Dynasty 2,736 BC. Wearing a festal robe and the crown of Upper Egypt, over which he may have ruled only in the earlier part of his reign. The base is inscribed with contorted figures of slain northerners, numbered as 47,209. Left: Stela from the tomb of King Nebre Saqqara; Early Second Dynasty 2810 BC.
Hetepsekhemui 2853-2825
Nebre 2825-2810
Ninetjer 2810-2767 Wenegnebti 2767-2760
Sekhemib 2760-2749 Neferkare 2749-2744
Neferkasokar 2744-2736Hudjefar 2736-2734
Peribsen/Khasekhemui 2734-2707

Third Dynasty 2707-2639

Bigger Image DjoserBigger Image SekhemkhetLeft: Netjerykhet-Djoser 3rd dynasty 2690-2670 BC.
Zoser, Abdul Quddws " Servant of the Holy" (Ashuric/Syraic), father Kha'sikhimuwiy, mother Nima'athafiy.
Djoser, Hermes Trismegistus (Greek), Quetzalcoatl (Mexico), Thoth (Egypt), Mercury (Rome), Rapanui (Easter Island), Nabu (Assyrian) and Servant Of The Holy (Arabic).

Djoser was the author of, The Sciences, Mathematics, Arts and Architecture.
The Sciences; The art of transforming base material into gold, called Hermetic Sciences.

He was also known as The Master Healer, Master of Botany, Medicine and Alchemy. Mathematics; Land Surveying, Geometry, The Science Of Numbers, which is where Pythagoras stole mathematical formulas which he attributed to himself (Pythagorean Theorem).

Arts; Hieroglyphics (Sacred Carvings). The arts of reading, oratory in all of its branches (The Cartouche).
Architecture; He initiated The use of Levitation, the process of moving huge stones while constructing the pyramid. He also initiated the use of Laser, a device use for cutting stone.

Right: Rock carving in the Wadi Maghara in Sinai showing King Sekhemkhet, 2670 BC, probably the successor of Djoser in the Third Dynasty, Smiting an Asiatic of the region.

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Third Dynasty Nebka 2707-2690 Djoser2690-2670 Djoserti 2670-2663 Khaba 2663-2639
      Mesokhris 2639-2638 Huni 2638-2636

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