Serket I
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| NAME | Scorpion I |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | {{{Alt}}} |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Pharaoh of Egypt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | {{{Birth}}} |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ancient Egypt |
| DATE OF DEATH | {{{Death}}} |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Ancient Egypt |
| Preceded by: Unknown |
Pharaoh of Egypt Protodynastic |
Succeeded by: Double Falcon |
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| Burial | Possibly Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos | ||
Scorpion I was the first of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. His name may refer to the goddess Serket.
He is believed to have lived a few decades or so before the rule of Scorpion II at Abydos. The first-known predynastic king, he may have been a local ruler of the Nekhen who had nothing to do with the ruling house at Abydos, or he may have been a rival from within that family. To him belongs the oldest tomb found in the cemetery of Abydos.
Serket's name was borrowed for the 2002 movie The Scorpion King.
William Golding's novel The Scorpion God is loosely based upon this period of Egyptian History.
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| Preceded by none |
Pharaoh of Egypt Protodynastic |
Succeeded by Double Falcon |
