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Menes is the name of an ancient Egyptian pharoah of the early dynastic period who founded Dynasty I and united Upper and Lower Egypt. He is typically identified as the pre-dynastic pharoah Narmer or the first dynasty pharoah Hor-Aha. Both Narmer and Hor-Aha are said to have united Egypt. According to English Egyptologist I.E.S. Edwards, Menes (which means "He who endures") could be "a mere descriptive epithet denoting a semi-legendary hero [...] whose name had been lost." This means that while Menes could have been a real pharoah, it's also possible, and likely, that it is the collective identity of several pre-dynastic pharoahs, including Narmer, as well as Hor-Aha.

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