The decorative frieze around the remaining top of the macehead has lapwings hanging by their necks from vertical standards. This little bird “Rekhyt” in hieroglyphs means “common people” and their fate would seem to indicate that they have been overcome by the victorious king “Scorpion”. However many battles Scorpion fought in Lower Egypt, the credit for the total unification must be given to King Narmer or Menes. The most impressive monument is the Narmer plate. It shows a victorious King whose name appears within a serekh- the early form of presenting royal names- at the head of both sides between facing heads of the cow-faced goddess Hathor. Narmer is shown in two aspects respectively the White Crown of Upper Egypt (hedjet) and the Red Crown of Lower Egypt (deshret), proving that he is now king of both lands. Later, the dual monarchy was to be shown by both crowns being worn together, one inside the other, and forming the Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt (the shemty). The principal scene has a large figure of Narmer wearing the White Crown and smiting with upraised mace a prisoner whom he grasps by the forelock. This is the earliest occurrence of what was to become an ‘icon of majesty’ throughout the rest of ancient Egyptian history, right down to Roman times. This proves how great Narmers achievement was and of what great significance it was to the later development of the Egyptian society. .