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The Sixth Dynasty is considered by many authorities as the last dynasty of the Old Kingdom, although The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt [1] includes Dynasties VII and VIII as part of the Old Kingdom. Manetho writes that these kings ruled from Memphis, since their pyramids were built at Saqqara, very close one to another. [2]
Sixth Dynasty: VI: 2345–2181: First Intermediate ... List of pharaohs by period and dynasty Periodization of ancient Egypt. ... List / Family tree Early Dynastic ...
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian family trees" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt family tree; S.
Reigning for 275 years, the Ptolemaic was the longest and last dynasty of ancient Egypt from 305 BC until its incorporation into the Roman Republic in 30 BC. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Ptolemy , a general and one of the somatophylakes (bodyguard companions) of Alexander the Great , was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323 BC.
Nitocris (Greek: Νίτωκρις) possibly was the last queen of the Sixth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.Her name is found in writings long considered as relatively accurate resources: a major chronological documentation of the reigns of the kings of ancient Egypt that was composed in the third-century BC by Manetho, an Ancient Egyptian priest and by the ancient Greek historian, Herodotus, in his ...
Pepi II Neferkare (2284 BC – after 2247 BC, probably either c. 2216 or c. 2184 BC [2] [note 1]) was a pharaoh of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom who reigned from c. 2278 BC. His second name, Neferkare ( Nefer-ka-Re ), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re ".
The legendary Queen Nitocris was supposedly a Pharaoh at the end of the Sixth Dynasty, but no archeological evidence supports her existence. The Ptolemaic Dynasty implemented a policy of co-rule between spouses. Therefore, many Queens from this dynasty are not listed as consorts as they were co-rulers of Egypt while married to their husbands.
People of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt (3 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Sixth Dynasty of Egypt" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.