# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:59:23.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menes"
name: "Menes"
slug: "menes"
description: "The pharaoh credited with binding Upper and Lower Egypt into a single kingdom five thousand years ago — though whether Menes was one ruler, two, or a composite legend still divides scholars."
tagline: "Founder of Manetho's 1st dynasty and unifier of Egypt"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abydos_KL_01-01_n01.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "-3200"
deathDate: "-3125"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.27
  historical:           22.217868
  currentAttention:     30.16
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Menes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Classical tradition names Menes founder of Egypt's First Dynasty, the ruler who unified the divided lands around 3200–3000 BC. The archaeological record offers no certain match. Mainstream Egyptology leans toward identifying him with Narmer, the Naqada III king, or with Hor-Aha, Narmer's successor — but the debate remains open. The name itself, likely pronounced something close to */maˈnij/, may mark a single figure or collapse several early rulers into one founding myth. Either way, Menes stands at the threshold where legend and statecraft blur, the name that Egypt itself used to anchor its own beginning.