General Notes

Pharoah of Egypt (I Dynasty)

Aha was a king who clearly ruled over all of Egypt.
His tomb is in the royal cemetery of Abydos.
His name means "fighting hawk" or simply " warrior" and his serek (seen in picture left) is showing to arms holding a shield and a club. All the names from this troublesome era had meanings connected to fighting. He was the follower and probably son of king Narmer.
One of his names found in his likely mother's queen Neit-hotep's tomb says: "Men", meaning "established" perhaps an indicator that he was Menes (see this king). A large mastaba in Sakkara is from his reign and his tomb had a brand new design: three separate burial chambers and three straight rows of 33 side burials of sacrificed(?) retainers. According to Manetho, Aha (if he was Menes) had a reign of 62 years and ended his days by being dramatically killed by a hippopotamus.