21: The Excited Child

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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• Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

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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