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Dec 2013
25m 11s

Episode 23: Children of Pepy

DOMINIC PERRY
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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...


Select Bibliography:

  • Toby H. Wilkinson, The Egyptian World, 2007.
  • 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 (Sample Article).
  • The University of Chicago – Tell Edfu Project.
  • Saqqara.nl – The Pyramid of Pepy II.
  • Swiss Archaeological Mission, Sudan – Kerma.

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