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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]
Some dynasties only ruled part of Egypt and existed concurrently with other dynasties based in other cities. The 7th might not have existed at all, the 10th seems to be a continuation of the 9th , and there might have been one or several Upper Egyptian Dynasties before what is termed the 1st Dynasty .
Egyptian religion produced the temples and tombs which are ancient Egypt's most enduring monuments, but it also influenced other cultures. In pharaonic times many of its symbols, such as the sphinx and winged solar disk , were adopted by other cultures across the Mediterranean and Near East, as were some of its deities, such as Bes .
Merenre Nemtyemsaf II (died c. 2213 BC) was an ancient Egyptian king, the sixth and penultimate ruler of the 6th Dynasty. [8] He reigned for 1 year and 1 month in the first half of the 22nd century BC, at the very end of the Old Kingdom period.
Teti, less commonly known as Othoes, sometimes also Tata, Atat, or Athath in outdated sources (died c. 2333 BC), was the first king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt. He was buried at Saqqara . The exact length of his reign has been destroyed on the Turin King List but is believed to have been around 12 years.
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The Coptos Decrees are 18 complete or fragmentary ancient Egyptian royal decrees ranging from the 6th Dynasty (2345–2180 BC) to the late 8th Dynasty (c. 2170 BC). The decrees are numbered with letters of the Latin alphabet, starting with "Coptos Decree a" and ending with "Coptos Decree r".
Pepi II Neferkare (c. 2284 BC – c. 2214 BC [2] [note 1]) was a king of the Sixth Dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His second name, Neferkare ( Nefer-ka-Re ), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re ". He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the death of Nemtyemsaf I .