Neferkare
P P I I
Pepi II was a younger brother to king Merenre and the last significant ruler of the 6th Dynasty.
By tradition his reign was 94 years (more likely around 64), if so, the longest in Egyptian his- tory. He seems to have ascended the throne at the age of about six. Remarkably no depictions of any kind of him are known despite his very long reign, but a stone head found in a shrine at Koptos in Upper Egypt (in picture left) might be from a statue of him.
Like his father his birth name was Pepi (in the picture at bottom left) and his throne name was the common Neferkare. Most of the important people and rulers in the last days of dynasty six are believed to be descendants of his.(Pepi II main text)
By tradition his reign was 94 years (more likely around 64), if so, the longest in Egyptian his- tory. He seems to have ascended the throne at the age of about six. Remarkably no depictions of any kind of him are known despite his very long reign, but a stone head found in a shrine at Koptos in Upper Egypt (in picture left) might be from a statue of him.
Like his father his birth name was Pepi (in the picture at bottom left) and his throne name was the common Neferkare. Most of the important people and rulers in the last days of dynasty six are believed to be descendants of his.