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 the royal Overseer. Soon after, a new king Merenre keeps Weni on-staff, and sends him to Nubia on a very special mission…

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Bibliography

  • Kelsey Museum Newsletter – Abydos and the Tomb of Weni the Elder.
  • Renée Friedman, Egypt and Nubia: Gifts of the Desert, 2002.
  • William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.