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21: The Excited Child

21: The Excited Child

The History of Egypt Podcast

October 21, 201319m 35s

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Show Notes

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...


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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