Pharaoh Scorpion II came to light a hundred years ago when his two big mace heads of stone were found in the so-called Main Deposit at Hierakonpolis.
A scorpion is depicted by his face, suggesting his personal name (picture left). He wears the crown of Upper Egypt and is working with a wooden hoe, obviously making a ceremonial digging (opening) of a canal for irrigation. A man with a basket is ready to transport the mud away while three others are working underneath beside a planted palm. In top right position he have his standard bearer and behind him his servants to protect him from the sunshine. Scorpion ruled prior to the foundation of the United Egypt, before king Ka. His tomb has not yet been found and still awaits detection somewhere in Upper Egypt.