23: The Children of Pepy

A Long, Long Reign. King Pepy ruled more than sixty years, by some estimates. In his later years, this long reign was becoming an issue. The aging monarch was losing influence, and his children were dying before he did...

• Date c. 2240 - 2220 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

Fekri A. Hassan, “Droughts, Famine and the Collapse of the Old Kingdom: Re-reading Ipuwer,” in The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt – Essays in Honor of David B. O’Connor, 2007.

Juan Carlos Moreno García (editor), Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013.

Romer, J. (2012). A History of Ancient Egypt Volume I: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid.

Wilkinson, T. (2010). The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra.

The University of Chicago – Tell Edfu Project.

Saqqara.nl – The Pyramid of Pepy II.

Swiss Archaeological Mission, Sudan – Kerma.

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