Oldest pharaoh carvings discovered in Egypt
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Look closely-- standing on the top of this watercraft is a crowned figure who may represent Narmer, the first pharaoh to rule unified Egypt. Oarsmen move the watercraft along. / Stan Hendrickx, John Coleman Darnell & Maria Carmela Gatto
The oldest-known representations of a pharaoh are carved on rocks near the Nile River in southern Egypt, researchers report. The carvings were first observed and tape-recorded in the 1890s, but just discovered in 2008. In them, a white-crowned figure journeys in ritualistic processions and on sickle-shaped boats, maybe representing an early tax-collecting trip of Egypt. The scenes place the age of the carvings between 3200 B.C. and 3100 B.C., researchers report in the December problem of the journal Antiquity. During that time, Egypt was transitioning into the dynastic rule of the pharaohs.
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