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Who was the first Pharaoh whose name we know?

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	Who was the first Pharaoh whose name we know?

The earliest documented Pharaoh was named Narmer. We have a ceremonial mixing palette with his name on it. The mixing palette would have been used to mix colored makeup to paint the faces of statues of gods.