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title: Cartouche of Menes
author: Olaf Tausch
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4524/cartouche-of-menes/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Cartouche of Menes
_Authored by Olaf Tausch_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4524.jpg)
## Image Caption
The cartouche of [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) king [Menes](https://www.worldhistory.org/Menes/), c. 3150 BCE, the legendary first ruler of [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/) considered to have united Upper and Lower Egypt and founded the First Dynasty. From the Abydos kinglist, Abydos, Egypt.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Tausch, O. (2016, January 29). Cartouche of Menes. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Tausch, Olaf. "Cartouche of Menes." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 29, 2016. .
### MLA
Tausch, Olaf. "Cartouche of Menes." *World History Encyclopedia*, 29 Jan 2016, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abydos_KL_01-01_n01.jpg) by [**Olaf Tausch**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abydos_KL_01-01_n01.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 29 January 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.