Egyptian Dawn by Robert Temple

Author:Robert Temple
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-19T00:00:00+00:00

Figure 45. King Narmer, as depicted on the reverse side of the Narmer Palette, striding forth with a mace in his hand and wearing the Crown of the North (Lower Egypt), generally called ‘the red crown’, though in Old Kingdom times it was sometimes called ‘the green crown’. The coil emitted from the centre of the turban (which resembles a Fibonacci spiral in mathematics) can clearly be seen to be made of something twisted. Petrie thought it was ‘a piece of tightly twisted linen, and ... it must have been made over a wire or other stiff foundation to keep it in position.’ (Ancient Egypt, June, 1926, Part II, pp. 36-7). Narmer, shown on the other side of the palette in smiting position and wearing the ‘white crown’ of the South (Upper Egypt), as seen in Plate 38, was evidently a southern king who conquered (‘smote’) the North, since he did his smiting while wearing the southern crown, but progressed peacefully, evidently as a victor, wearing the northern crown, with his mace at rest. Whether Namer was ‘Menes’, or whether his son Hor-Aha was Menes, the Unification of Egypt by force took place from the south to the north, and resulted in the creation of what we call ‘The First Dynasty’.

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