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Pepi I Meryre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pepi I was the second ruler of ancient Egypt's 6th Dynasty, and his pyramid at South Saqqara, though no more then a twelve meter high ruin today, has actually had a significant effect on Egyptology.
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Egypt: The Pyramids of Teti's Queens, Iput I and Khuit at Saqqara.
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Iput I: Pepi I changed the mastaba tomb of his mother to a pyramid to announce her divine status, which helped him establish his legal rights ... Pepi I was restored to the throne with the help of his mother, and ruled for approximately 45 years.
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Pepi I was the first king of the 6th dynasty. He rose to the throne at a very young age and ruled for approximately 50 years. The capitol's name, Memphis, was derived from Pepi I's funerary monument. ... Some other names Pepi I goes by are Pepy I, Piopi I, Phiops I.
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His wife, Queen Iput I, was probably the daughter of King Unas who was the last king of the 5th Dynasty. The queen was the mother of Teti's heir, King Pepi I. Historians believe that she is the one that gave him the royal power, legitimizing his rule.
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The pyramid of Teti's son Pepi I is almost completely destroyed due to stone raids throughout the centuries. Around 2500 stone blocks inside the building hold hieroglyphic texts.
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The Pyramid Complex of Pepi I ... Pepi I, 2nd king of the 6th dynasty, son of Teti, ruled the Two Lands for some 34 years. Today the pyramid of Pepi I is a pile of stone just 12 meters high. But in it's heyday Pepi's I pyramid dazzled contemporaries and of all the Egyptian pyramids may be the one that has most deeply put it...
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The history, language and culture of Ancient Egypt ... Pepi I was the son of Teti and a woman named Iput I, who is assumed by some to have been a daughter of Unas. He had several wives. With Ankhenesmerire I he had a son, Pepi II. With Ankhenesmerire II, a sister of her name-sake, he had a son, Merenre I and a daughter, Neith.
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It is thought that Pepi I came to the throne probably still quite young (for two reasons - his long reign of about 50 years and also secondly before the rule of Pepi I there was a very brief reign of perhaps just a year of King Usekare - this may of been while Queen Iput acted as regent for her son Pepi I).
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