Mekh

Mekh
Mekh
	Closeup of the Palermo Stone. Mekh is the no. 8
Pharaoh
Reign	Unknown
Predecessor	Wazner?
Horus name
Horus name
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Dynasty	Predynastic Period

Last updated February 24, 2026

Mekh is mentioned in the Palermo Stone as a Predynastic Egyptian king who ruled in Lower Egypt. As there is no other evidence of such a ruler, he may be a mythical king preserved through oral tradition,^[1] or may even be completely fictitious.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18
↑ O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208
↑ Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.

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[1] Helck, Untersuchungen zu Manetho und den ägyptischen Königslisten 1956, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte und Altertumskunde Ägyptens 18

[2] O'Mara, Was there an Old Kingdom historiography? Is it datable? 1996, Orientalia 65: 197-208

[3] Wilkinson, Toby A. H. (2000). Royal Annals of Ancient Egypt. p.85 New York: Columbia University Press). ISBN 0-7103-0667-9.

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