Narmer Palette
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The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archaeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, belonging, at least no
Both sides of the Narmer Palette
Early hieroglyphic symbols on the Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette (recto)
Narmer Palette (verso)
Scorpion Macehead
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The Scorpion macehead is a decorated ancient Egyptian macehead found by British archeologists James E. Quibell and Frederick W. Green in what they called the main deposit in the temple of Horus at Hie
Narmer Palette
…inscriptions ever found. The tablet is thought by some to depict the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the king Narmer. Along with the Scorpion Macehead and the Narmer Maceheads, also found together in the main deposit at Nekhen, the Narmer Palette provides one of the earliest known depictions of an…
Scorpion macehead (Ashmolean Museum)
Details, at the time of discovery in Hierakonpolis.
Scorpion macehead (detail) (Ashmolean Museum)
Drawing of the Minor Scorpion macehead