The collapse of the old state - Sixth Dynasty

Egypt lived in the era of the ancient strong united coherent for a long time,

Bear doubled, and said prestige kings, and have begun to increase the authority of provincial governors private

In the Sixth Dynasty. These rulers took advantage of the weakness of the Kings, and took work

The concentration of Authority in their hands, and independence by virtue of their regions, and try to secede

Pharaoh. Severe dark on Egypt, and deteriorated conditions, and replaced by chaos,

This happened in the reign of King " Pepi II" who ruled the country nearly a century,

Which led to the fall of the Sixth Dynasty in the reign of his successors, and the end of the era of the

Old. And description of Pharaonic Egypt after the fall of the sixth dynasty,

Says one of the wise: "Look, the country has changed, and changed their conditions worsened, and not least

So we see the Nile flood gives us, people nevertheless slept standing up

For the good, do not work in planting, not because they hate transplant udder,

But they do not know why there tomorrow from the evils and horrors

 (Alabaster statue of Ankhesenmeryre II and her son Pepi II.

 Pepi II (reigned c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC) (2284 BC - 2184 BC) 
 was a pharaoh of the Sixth dynasty in Egypt's Old Kingdom. His throne name, Neferkare (Nefer-ka-Re), means "Beautiful is the Ka of Re". He succeeded to the throne at age six,

after the death of Merenre I, and is generally credited with having the longest reign of any monarch in history at 94 years (c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC)

although this figure has been disputed by some Egyptologists who favour a shorter reign of not much more than 64 years.This is based on the complete absence of higher attested dates for Pepi beyond his Year after the 31st Count (Year 62 on a biannual cattle count).

He was traditionally thought to be the son of Pepi I and Queen Ankhesenpepi II but the South Saqqara Stone annals record that Merenre had a minimum reign of 11 years. However, several 6th dynasty royal seals and stone blocks
-the latter of which were found within the funerary temple of Queen Ankhesenpepi II, the known mother of Pepi II-were discovered in the 1999/2000 excavation season at Saqqara which demonstrate that she also married Merenre after Pepi I's death and became this king's chief wife.

 Several inscribed inscriptions on these stone blocks give Ankhesenpepi II the royal titles of the:


    "King's Wife of the Pyramid of Pepy I, King's Wife of the Pyramid of Merenre, King's Mother of the Pyramid of Pepy II"
    "King's Wife of the Pyramid of Pepy I, King's Wife of the Pyramid of Merenre, King's Mother of the Pyramid of Pepy II".