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Narmer Palette

Narmer Palette

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Oct 6, 2026

Joann FletcherHOST
30:29
The inevitable clash between these cultures is recorded on what many consider to be ancient Egypt's founding document.
Joann FletcherHOST
30:41
Taking the form of a giant ceremonial cosmetic palette, this is an exact copy of the original Narmer Palette.
Joann FletcherHOST
30:49
And however idealized and embellished, it depicts the pivotal moment when the southern King Narmer defeated his northern enemy.
Joann FletcherHOST
30:57
A split second after this mace comes down onto this northern enemy's head, and he's executed, he's killed, he is no more, Narmer himself remains, the first king of a united Egypt.
Tim ClareyGUEST
11:34
But we see a lot of evidence of dinosaurs and human interaction after the flood.
Tim ClareyGUEST
11:38
We see lots of carvings, uh, paintings, uh, Egyptian carvings, the Narmer palette.
Tim ClareyGUEST
11:43
We see the Cambodian column, uh, that some of these I put in my dinosaur book.
Tim ClareyGUEST
11:48
Uh, but you can see-
DuppyGUEST
58:40
Okay.
DuppyGUEST
58:41
So, in exploring some of the other iconography that would be related to Horus, um, especially in Bronze Age Egypt and, and even earlier actually, um, one of the earliest Egyptian artifacts that's been discovered is a thing called the Narmer palette.
DuppyGUEST
59:06
Narmer was supposed to be the first Egyptian king.
DuppyGUEST
59:11
They didn't call them pharaohs yet.
Mickey CoachellaHOST
59:30
Yeah.
DuppyGUEST
59:31
Really old.
DuppyGUEST
59:33
So on the Narmer palette, this is Narmer.
DuppyGUEST
59:36
He's wearing the crown of Upper Egypt, because that's where he came from, Upper Egypt being down in the south.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:08
This would not have been unusual, since pharaohs had multiple names, and although this has become the most accepted viewpoint nowadays among scholars, it's still not a certainty.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:18
The best evidence in favor of Nama as the first pharaoh is a cosmetic artifact made out of siltstone known as the Pallet of Nama.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:27
Believed to have been made during his lifetime or soon after, the Pallet identifies Nama by name and shows him wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt on one side and the red crown of Lower Egypt on the other.
Simon WhistlerHOST
4:41
The double crown would go on to become a symbol of the unification of the two levels.
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4:45
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