Pepy II (Neferkare)

Pepy II (Neferkare) in Tour Egypt

PEPI II, LAST RULER OF THE 6TH DYNASTY AND EGYPT'S OLD KINGDOM BY JIMMY DUNN. According to tradition, Pepi II was the last ruler of Egypt's 6th Dynasty, and in fact the last significant ruler of the Old Kingdom prior to the onset of what Egyptologists call the Fist Intermediate Period. We are told that his reign of possibly 94 (some Egyptologis...

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Pepi II Neferkare in Wikipedia

Pepi II (reigned c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC)[3] was a pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the death of Merenre I, and is generally credited with having the longest reign of any monarch in history at 94 years (c. ...

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