The Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt

During this prevail, Wenia man of base originrose to get a judge, and his dedication from Abydos provides inside information of the events of his career: as jurist, he heard in interior the cases of conspiracy that had taken place in the royal harem, one of which concerned a queen of Pepy I. He also mentions his role in dealing with the incursions by the Beduin on Egypt's north-eastern frontier, indicating that pressures were already developing in that area. Later, such harrassment would contribute to the downfall of the Old Kingdom.

King Pepy I constructed a pyramid complex a lean distance from Saqqara and in spite of the temple has not been located, the pyramid is important because here, in 1881, Maspero first discovered the show that the private walls of the pyramids of the later Old Kingdom were engraved with the Pyramid Texts. These religious spells, which occur in several pyramids, represent the earliest noted body of divine and magical texts from ancient Egypt. Other major construction activities of the reign taken  the  kings  bema  at  Bubastis  in  the  Delta;  also  during  his  reign junkets were sent to Nubia and Sinai. Towards the end of his reign, it is possible that the king related his elder son Merenre with him on the throne, providing an early example of co-regency.

Pharaohs of the 6th Dynasty:

 



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Nitocris (2260-2250)

Nitocris
The great historian, Herodotus, listed her and related a fiction concerning her activities.  Nitocris  reportedly  referred  power  after  her brother,  Merenre II ( 2152  B.C.E.),  was  slain.  In vengeance  she  supposedly  invited  hundreds  of  officials she thought responsible for her brothers death to a banquet in a black chamber and then flooded it. She had a one-year dominate and was listed in the turin canon. Nitocris was the royal match of King Merenr II.
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Merenre II (2261-2260)

Cartouche of King Merenre II
Merenre II  was the son of Pepy II (2246-2152 B.C.E.) and Queen Neith. Merenr II was gave to a local deity,  Anti. He  predominated  only  one  year  at  the  close  of  the dynasty  with  his  consort,  Queen  Nitocris, as  the dynasty was insecure by general unrest and the ambitiousnesses  of  powerful  nomarchs  who  hot  independence for their kinship groups. When he died, Nitocris dominated alone. She is referred in the Turin Canon. Her replacement was perhaps  Neferkure, the  son  of  Queen  Ankhnes-Pepi and King Pepy II.
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