First Intermediate (Part 1): The Old Kingdom Ends.Around 2100 BCE, King Pepy II was gone. In the wake of his reign, the Old Kingdom as we know it disappeared. Why? In this episode we explore the reasons for the Old Kingdom's collapse, and how Egyptians of the time (or at least, Egyptians looking back on it later), described the fall of this first golden age...https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2014/02/01/episode-24-lamentations/ For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy