<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> Uncertain: probably Hor - Aha ♂ Uncertain: possibly Neithhotep ♀ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Burial </Th> <Td> Chambers B17 and B18, Umm el - Qa'ab </Td> </Tr> <P> Narmer was an ancient Egyptian king of the Early Dynastic Period . He probably was the successor to the Protodynastic king Ka, or possibly Scorpion . Some consider him the unifier of Egypt and founder of the First Dynasty, and in turn the first king of a unified Egypt . </P> <P> Narmer's identity is the subject of ongoing debates, although the dominant opinion among Egyptologists identifies Narmer with the pharaoh Menes, who is renowned in the ancient Egyptian written records as the first king, and the unifier of Ancient Egypt . Narmer's identification with Menes is based on the Narmer Palette (which shows Narmer as the unifier of Egypt) and the two necropolis seals from the Umm el - Qa'ab cemetery of Abydos that show him as the first king of the First Dynasty . </P>

Who was the first pharaoh of ancient egypt and what was he commonly known as