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Was the first Pharoah of the first Dynasty buried in Ireland?
A measure of support for Dr. Schliemann's "discovery" comes in the form of a hieroglyphic text inscribed on the Great Ebony Label found in 1901 by Sir Flinders Petrie in the "tomb" (actually a cenotaph) of King Aha Menes at Abydos (Petrie, 1902). Upon translation it told how this great king and admiral, in his old age, had embarked on a voyage of exploration with his fleet into the "Western Ocean":
"King Menes, the Ruler of Mizraim, the Land of the Two Crowns, the perished dead one in the West of the Horus race . . . The Commander-in-Chief of Ships made the complete course to the end of the Sunset Land. Sailing in ships, he completed the inspection of the Western Land. He built there a holding in Urani Land. At the Lake of the Peak, fate pierced him by a Hornet (or Wasp) . . . This drilled tablet set up of hanging wood is dedicated to his memory." --Trans. by R. Cedric Leonard. (Compare with Petrie, 1923)
Notice that the place-name given in the inscription for this Far Western Land is Urani, which some authorities associate with Erin, the old name for Ireland. But it also calls to mind Uranos, the father of King Cronos, illustrating a possible connection between Ireland and the once great empire of Atlantis. Since the "tomb" at Abydos is empty, it is assumed that Aha Menes was buried in this Western Land.
