12: I Make the Soul Beautiful

Quick Successions. After the death of Sahure, multiple kings came and went in a short span of time. In this episode, we follow the reigns of Nefer-ir-ka-Re ("Making the Soul of Re Beautiful") and Ra-nefer-ef. This period is murky, but we will get through it. Oh, and another powerful queen shows up to manage affairs...

Date c.2570 - 2555 BCE

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Select Bibliography:

Miroslav Verner, Abusir III: the Pyramid Complex of Khentkaus, 2001.

Paule Posener-Kriéger, Les Archives du Temple Funéraire de Neferirkare Kakai – Les Papyrous d’Abousir, 1976.

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Release date

Lydbog: 10. juni 2013