Menes

Menes himself was buried on the edge of the desert near Negada, about twenty miles to the north of Thebes.

The objects found in the tombs of Menes and his successors prove that the culture of Egypt was already far advanced.

Menes made himself master of the north, and so united all Egypt under one rule.

Egyptian history begins with Menes, the founder of the united monarchy, and of the First historical dynasty.

We have already had occasion to refer to a letter received by Ole Menes of Stoughton in 1845.