Mena

First king of the 1st Dynasty, cir. B.C. 4777, of Tmi [Gr. This or Thinis], whose name signifies “the Steadfast.” All that is known of him consists of a few statements of doubtful credit found in the cla ic writers, there being no monuments left of the period. Those tell us that he united Egypt under one sceptre and was its first law-giver; that he founded Memphis, and that, in order to secure a suitable site for his capital, he diverted the course of the Nile by the construction of an enormous dike. The French engineer, M. Linant, profe es to have found this construction in the great dike of Cocheiche. Tradition says that he was followed by his seven sons in succe ion.