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Pepi II
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Egyptian pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty for the Old Kingdom
AI overview
Pepi II was a pharaoh who ruled Egypt during the Sixth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, one of ancient Egypt's earliest periods of civilization. His reign is significant in understanding the later phases of the Old Kingdom and the development of Egypt's early dynastic system.
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Key facts
- Reign
- 2284–after 2247 BC, probably either c. 2216 or c. 2184 BC
- Predecessor
- Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
- Successor
- Merenre Nemtyemsaf II
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Old Kingdom of Egypt
- Spouse
- Behenu
- Father
- Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
- Mother
- Ankhesenpepi II
- Sibling
- Merenre Nemtyemsaf I
- Occupation
- statesperson
- Position held
- pharaoh
- Family
- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- Noble title
- pharaoh
- Image
- PepiII-CloseUpOfFace BrooklynMuseum.png
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- Commons category
- Pepi II
- date of death
- 2180-00-00
- topic's main category
- Category:Pepi II Neferkare
- place of burial
- Saqqara
- time period
- Sixth Dynasty of Egypt
- subject has role
- centenarian
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- date of birth
- 2300-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Nebty name
Golden Horus
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pepi II” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.