History with Cy | The Real Scorpion King (Scorpion I of Egypt) @HistorywithCy | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 9 minutes ago
Who was the first king of Egypt? Scholars constantly debate that question. One candidate though is the mysterious figure known simply known as king Scorpion. Thought at one time to have been a mythical figure, it turns out that king who's symbol or insignia was a Scorpion actually did exist. The discovery of his tomb in the city of Abydos has caused archaeologists to reexamine what they thought they knew about Egypt's earliest history.

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