King Scorpion
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| Scorpion | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Scorpion Macehead, Ashmolean Museum. | ||||
| Pharaoh of Egypt | ||||
| Reign | Unknown, Protodynastic | |||
| Predecessor | Ka? | |||
| Successor | Narmer? | |||
Scorpion, also King Scorpion or Scorpion II refers to the second of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period.
In popular culture [change]
- Scorpion's name was borrowed for the 2002 movie The Scorpion King.
- William Golding's novel The Scorpion God is loosely based upon this period of Egyptian History.
- A villain named Scorpion claims lineage with the king in the 1997 movie Legend of the Lost Tomb.