NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC HISTORY 23SMITER OF ENEMIES
Wearing the white crown
of Upper Egypt, the king is
shown on the Narmer Palette
seizing an enemy by the hair.
Behind the king waits his
sandal bearer. Two horned
female heads at the top rep-
resent the goddess Bat, later
associated with the great
goddess Hathor. Egyptian
Museum, Cairo
BPK/SCALA, FLORENCE