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Episode 19: The Beloved of Re, Pepy
Pepy and Weni the Elder (Part 1). Around 2355 BCE, King Pepy I came to power. The new king had trouble establishing his authority, and he had to deal with the effects of his predecessor Teti's murder. Along the way, Pepy even had to deal with a conspiracy against himself...
- Date c. 2550 - 2540 BCE.
- Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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- Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.
Select Bibliography:
- Naguib Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace, 2011.
- Nigel Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, 2005 (Google Books).
- William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.
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