17: The Sixth Dynasty - An Age of Wisdom?

The Sixth Dynasty, and its wisdom. Around 2380 BCE, King Teti inaugurated the Sixth Dynasty of Egyptian rulers. Teti married into the royal family and began a new (male) bloodline. This period was creatively fertile, producing famous works like the Wisdom Texts of Ptah-Hotep and Kagemni... Date c.2380 - 2360 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. The Teaching of Ptah-Hotep in English translation and Egyptian transliteration at UCL.ac.uk. The Teaching of Kagemni, translated by Miriam Lichtheim, at Academia.edu. Egyptian hieroglyphs at Rutgers.edu. Support the Show at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Naguib Kanawait (et al.) The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara, ⁠Multiple Volumes⁠. Naguib Kanawati, ⁠Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace⁠, 2011. Miriam Lichtheim, ⁠Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms⁠, 1973 (2006 paperback edition). Nigel Strudwick, ⁠Texts from the Pyramid Age⁠, 2005. William Kelly Simpson (editor), ⁠The Literature of Ancient Egypt⁠, 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices