Aha

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Aha is an early Egyptian pharaoh, often identified with the legendary Menes, who is traditionally credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt and founding the First Dynasty.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Aha canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Early Dynastic Period figure ⓘ
First Dynasty ruler ⓘ
ancient Egyptian pharaoh ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hor-Aha ⓘ
Hor-Aha ("Horus the Fighter") ⓘ
linked to: Hor-Aha
associatedDeity Horus ⓘ
associatedWith unification of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
attestedAt Abydos ⓘ
Naqada ⓘ
Saqqara ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
attestedBy inscriptions on labels and seal impressions ⓘ
burialPlace Saqqara (possible additional tomb) ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis

Umm El Qaab, Abydos ⓘ
linked to: Umm el-Qaab
capital Memphis (traditionally attributed) ⓘ
linked to: Memphis
category 3rd-millennium BC pharaohs ⓘ
Early Dynastic pharaohs ⓘ
Pharaohs of the First Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Narmer
creditedWith consolidating royal authority over unified Egypt ⓘ
founding Memphis ⓘ
culture Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
disputedIdentification Menes ⓘ
linked to: Narmer

Narmer (alternative candidate for Menes) ⓘ
linked to: Narmer
dynasty First Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
father Narmer ⓘ
governedRegion Lower Egypt ⓘ
Upper Egypt ⓘ
hasArtifactType ivory labels ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
hasRoyalNecropolis Abydos royal cemetery ⓘ
knownFrom archaeological evidence ⓘ
later king lists (indirectly via Menes identification) ⓘ
language Old Egyptian (early stage) ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Egyptian
mother Neithhotep ⓘ
oftenIdentifiedWith Menes ⓘ
linked to: Narmer
period Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
predecessor Narmer ⓘ
reignEndApprox c. 3050 BCE ⓘ
reignStartApprox c. 3100 BCE ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
royalTitle Horus-king ⓘ
linked to: Horus

King of Upper and Lower Egypt ⓘ
spouse Khenthap ⓘ
successor Djer ⓘ
throneNameContains Horus ⓘ
tombDesignation Tomb B10 (Abydos) ⓘ
Tomb B15 (Abydos) ⓘ
linked to: Tomb B15

Tomb B19 (Abydos) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.