Wadj
1st
Dynasty
Wadj, the third king of the1st Egyptian Dynasty. His
stela is displayed at the Louvre in Paris. It is made of
limestone carved by the sculptor Serekh. The stela was
discovered near the ancient city of Abydos
where Wadj's mortuary complex is located. The only other
place that Egyptologists found a reference to him was in
an inscription near the city of Edfu, to the south of
Egypt. His wife was Queen Mereneith, who acted as mentor
and advisor for his successor, King Den.
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