Episode 26: The Fire Rises
First Intermediate Period (Part III): Khety versus Intef.After years of intermittent conflict and sparring, the time has come for a final showdown between the competing royal families of the North…
Episode 25: A Fire in the South
The First Intermediate (Part II): A Kingdom Divided The House of Khety still rules the North, but now its authority is challenged by a family of newcomers. In the city…
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Episode 24: Lamentations
First Intermediate Period (Part I): Collapse?We jump head slightly in time. By 2100 BCE Pepy II is gone, and with him the last securely-documented reign of the Old Kingdom. A…
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Episode 23: Children of Pepy
Pepy II (Part III): The End of the Old Kingdom Pepy II reaches his twilight years, and Egypt is in trouble. Drought strikes the Near East, increasing desertification and reducing…
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Episode 22: Pepy Lives
Pepy II (Part II): Authority Abroad. Twenty-five ears into his reign, Pepy II is established in power. But can this monarch rule effectively on his own, without the guidance he…
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Episode 21: The Excited Child
Pepy II (Part I): the Child King At just six-years old, the new King of Upper and Lower Egypt Pepy II cannot possibly exercise power on his own. Enter his mother, Ankh-enes-Pepy,…
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Episode 20: Expeditions and Explorers
Weni the Elder (Part II): Service in the South Following his admirable service to Pepy I thus far, Weni the Elder is then dispatched south to Upper Egypt, to serve as…
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Episode 19: The Beloved of Re, Pepy
Pepy I & Weni the Elder (Part I)After Teti's assassination(?), Pepy I finds it difficult to assert his authority. He must battle a usurper, Userkare and a conspiracy against his life.…
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Episode 18: The Guards Themselves
Teti (Part II): The Murder of a King? All is not well within the court. Although Teti has ensconced himself on the throne, conspiracies may have formed against him. The Greek Manetho (c.280…
Episode 17: A New Era
Teti and Kagemni: Dynasty VI Unas has passed to the afterlife with gusto. His daughter marries an outsider, Teti, who becomes the new King of Upper and Lower Egypt. For historians, this…
