Upper and Lower Egypt
At the dawn of recorded history in Egypt, around 3200 b.c.,
there were really two Egypts under the control of men who
made these kinds of decisions: Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta),
with a king seated at the chief city of Buto, and Upper Egypt
(the Nile Valley), with its king at Nekhen. Egyptian historians
have found that the two kingdoms were united for the first time
around 3100 b.c. by a warrior king named Menes (or Narmer).
For almost the next 3,000 years the Egyptian king, called pha-
raoh, was depicted wearing the “double crown” of Upper and
Lower Egypt. There are many other symbols of Egypt’s unity,
including the papyrus plant of Lower Egypt and the lotus plant
of Upper Egypt, and the cobra of Lower Egypt and the vulture
of Upper Egypt.
At the dawn of recorded history in Egypt, around 3200 b.c.,
there were really two Egypts under the control of men who
made these kinds of decisions: Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta),
with a king seated at the chief city of Buto, and Upper Egypt
(the Nile Valley), with its king at Nekhen. Egyptian historians
have found that the two kingdoms were united for the first time
around 3100 b.c. by a warrior king named Menes (or Narmer).
For almost the next 3,000 years the Egyptian king, called pha-
raoh, was depicted wearing the “double crown” of Upper and
Lower Egypt. There are many other symbols of Egypt’s unity,
including the papyrus plant of Lower Egypt and the lotus plant
of Upper Egypt, and the cobra of Lower Egypt and the vulture
of Upper Egypt.
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