The Child King. Around 2285 BCE, a new ruler came to power. King Pepy II was a little boy, just six years old. His reign would be one of the longest, and most impactful, in the Old Kingdom...
- Date c.2285 - 2260 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:
- Ian Shaw (editor), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2004.
- William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
- Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994.
- Ancient Egypt Online – Pepy II.
- National Geographic – Pyramid of Pepy II.
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