Pepi II (c. 2284 BCE - c. 2184 BCE) was a ruler of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He was once thought to be the son of Pepi I and Queen Ankhesenpepy II but it is now believed Pepi II was rather the son of Merenre, who married Ankhesenpepy after Pepi I's death--based on an inscription from a block of white limestone from her mortuary temple, according Audran Labrousse, director of the French Archaeological Mission.[1] Pepi II would, hence, be the grandson of Pepi I instead. He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the premature death of his father, and is generally thought to have ruled for 94 years (c. 2278 BC - c. 2184 BC), the longest reign of any monarch in history, though this has been disputed
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| - Pepi II (c. 2284 BCE - c. 2184 BCE) was a ruler of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He was once thought to be the son of Pepi I and Queen Ankhesenpepy II but it is now believed Pepi II was rather the son of Merenre, who married Ankhesenpepy after Pepi I's death--based on an inscription from a block of white limestone from her mortuary temple, according Audran Labrousse, director of the French Archaeological Mission.[1] Pepi II would, hence, be the grandson of Pepi I instead. He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the premature death of his father, and is generally thought to have ruled for 94 years (c. 2278 BC - c. 2184 BC), the longest reign of any monarch in history, though this has been disputed
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| - Pepi II (c. 2284 BCE - c. 2184 BCE) was a ruler of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He was once thought to be the son of Pepi I and Queen Ankhesenpepy II but it is now believed Pepi II was rather the son of Merenre, who married Ankhesenpepy after Pepi I's death--based on an inscription from a block of white limestone from her mortuary temple, according Audran Labrousse, director of the French Archaeological Mission.[1] Pepi II would, hence, be the grandson of Pepi I instead. He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the premature death of his father, and is generally thought to have ruled for 94 years (c. 2278 BC - c. 2184 BC), the longest reign of any monarch in history, though this has been disputed by some Egyptologists who favour a shorter reign length of 64 years, given the absence of attested dates known for Pepi after his 31st Count. (Year 62 if biennial) His reign marked a sharp decline of the Old Kingdom. While the power of the nomarchs grew, the power of pharaoh dissolved. With no dominant central power, local nobles began raiding each other's territories.
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