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The Egyptian History Podcast by Dominic Perry.

Episode 14, The Joy of Ray's Heart.

Welcome back.

Last time we visited with three prominent courtiers who lived and worked in the reign of the King Niusare.

Tars Shepsis of Abussia, Nii-Ank-Kunum and Kunum Hotep of Sakara, served the young king

as trusted confidence and grooms,

ensuring that king nyusare lived up to the standards of a divine monarch.

Episode 13 was the first episode in which we have not advanced the narrative, instead focusing

on a specific aspect of this historical period.

Now let's get back into our story with part two of the reign of 18, he may have felt anxious that his life was not going to be a long one. His brother, Rahn. Neferef had died after just three years on the throne,

failing to even complete the burial monument of their mutual father, Nefa Yakare Kakai.

Nuyusare's brother, his father, his grandfather and great-grandfather, could claim about

41 years of royal authority between them.

That's four reigns within as many decades and the most recent had ended very prematurely.

If the young man... had ended very prematurely.

If the young man felt that the gods may have withdrawn their favour from his brother

and planned to do the same to him, I can't say that I'd blame him. The first order of business was the burial

of Rarnif. The pyramid that had been commissioned at Abusia was nowhere near completed completed and was essentially composed of a single level of stone.

Niusirei couldn't reasonably expect to complete a full pyramid to its original design.

And so it was hastily finished as a large square masteba

with an attached mortuary temple

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