Teti (2345-2333)

Cartouche of king Teti

The 5th and 6th Dynasties are broken by events which remain apart, but the conveyance of power to King Teti, the first pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty, does not appear to have took a major upheaval or struggle. Indeed, the titles borne by his great queen, Iput, indicate that she carried the royal line from one dynastic family to the next, and it is probable that she was a daughter of Unas, the last king of the Fifth Dynasty. Little further evidence remains of Tetis reign, although foreign contacts were apparently continued with Byblos, Syria and Nubia. The country was stable and affluent and the courtiers kept to build fine tombs around the kings pyramid at Saqqara; one particularly impressive tomb belonged to the vizier Mereruka, who was also the king's son-in-law.

The pyramid was stiff in style; on the inside walls the inscriptions provide a survival of magico-religious texts, which were intended to see the kings safe passage into the next domain and his credence there by the gods. Nearby, he built a pyramid for 2 of his queens, Iput and Khuit. Matching to Manetho, Teti was hit by his escort, although there is no historical corroboration of this argument. He was briefly won by a king named Userkare, and then by Pepy I, his son by Queen Iput.

Saqqara

Saqqara is one of the most large archaeological sites in Egypt! It was the burying ground for Memphis, the capital of Ancient Egypt, nevertheless it is still one of the virgin archaeologic sites.

This ai a list of the most famous monuments in Saqqara:

Gisr el-Mudir

 

Imhotep Museum

Mazghuna

Step Pyramid of Djoser

Pyramid of Unas

Tomb of Irukaptah

The Serapeum

Mastaba of Ti

Monastery of St. Jeremias

The Pyramid of Userkaf

Pyramid of Teti

Tomb of Nefer-her-ptah

Single Mastaba of Nebet and Khenut

Tomb of Nefer and Companions

Tomb of Mereruka

Mastaba of Kagemni

Mastaba of Kagemni

Inside the mastaba of Kagemni

From mastaba of Kagemni

Kagemni followed the rules of both the Third (2649-2575 B.C.E.) and 4th (2575-2465 B.C.E.) Dynasties of Egypt. He acted as the mayor of the capital of Memphis for Huni (2599-2575  B.C.E.)  and  as  a  vizier  for  Sneferu (2575-2551 B.C.E.). Kagemni, nonetheless, is famous for his Teachings, written for him by a scriber named Kaires, a clarifying  text  referred with  special  attitudes  of  service and  dedication  on  the  part  of  high-ranking  officials. Kagemnis  tomb  at  Saqqara, near the pyramid of Teti was  L-shaped  and  represented  dancers,  acrobats,  hunting, scribblers, and agricultural settings in pretty reliefs. There were pits included in the tomb for tone boats as well.

Mastaba belongs to an official who was appointed as a chief of justness, the highest governmental post in old Egypt, in the reign of the king Teti the 1st king of the sixth dynasty.

Kagemni was a son in law to the pharaoh and this was why he responsible him with such a high post. This enabled Kagemni to build an some ornamented tomb close to the pyramid of his king Teti. With his high put up and royal connecters, Kagemni was effective to get the best Egyptian workers of the time to progress his tomb.

Mastaba is on the dot located to the northwestern of the pyramid of Teti and to the northwest of the main pyramid at the complex of Saqqara, the step pyramid of King Djoser. This location reflects the essential power of such a high govermtal situation of the time.

This Mastaba tomb, which is an serious stage in the conversion from Mastaba building to pyramids building, was first discovered by Richard Lepsius, opening up Prussian Egyptologist and linguist and pioneer of modern archaeology, in 1843.