Pepi II — The Pharaoh Who Reigned for 90 Years and Watched Egypt Collapse Around Him

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Picture this. You are standing in a torch lit chamber beneath the Egyptian desert. The year is 2200 BC. You are a young soldier summoned at midnight with strange orders. Bring honey, 10 jars of it. Tell no one where you are going. Now you watch as servants pour that honey over a naked boy standing on a stone platform. The honey coats every inch of ... Read More