Pepi II Neferkare
Egyptian pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty for the Old Kingdom · Politicians · Lived 2300 BC to 2180 BC · aged 120
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Something wrong?A six-year-old who took the throne and held it long enough to watch his kingdom rot from the inside. By the time Pepi II died - after six decades at minimum, maybe nine - the centralized Egypt he inherited had splintered into warlord provinces, and the Old Kingdom died with him.
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Calcite alabaster jar with the cartouches of pharaoh Pepi II, from Egypt. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, 2279-2219 BCE. Neues Museum, Berlin
Cartouche Pepi II. Neferkare
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Limestone relief showing a man's head, Dynasty 6, Pepy II, Fitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeFamily
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Pepi II Neferkare became king of Egypt's Sixth Dynasty at age six in 2284 BC, after Nemtyemsaf I's death. His name means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re." The reign stretched improbably long: ancient sources claim 90 to 94 years, though the last dated evidence comes from his 62nd year. During those decades, regional governors - nomarchs - accumulated power while the throne's grip weakened, and by the time it ended they were raiding each other's lands like rival warlords. Within a couple of years of Pepi II's death, the Old Kingdom collapsed entirely, dissolving into the First Intermediate Period that ran from the Seventh through Tenth Dynasties.
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