The Children of Adam and Eve

Neith is thought to have been a daughter of the pharaoh Pepi I and queen Ankhesenpepi I. She may be the mother of King Nemtyemsaf II. There is a legend about Queen Nitocris who, if she existed at all, may have been a daughter of Neith.

Of the three small pyramid complexes built around that of the chief pyramid of Pepi II, Neith's is the largest.] Neith's pyramid may have been the first one constructed among the queen's pyramids associated with Pepi II. Her pyramid complexincluded a small Temple, a satellite pyramid and a fleet of sixteen Wooden boats buried between the main and satellite pyramid. The entrance to the enclosure was flanked by two inscribed obelisks. Neith's burial chamber was inscribed withpyramid texts, the first known occurrence of these texts in a queen's pyramid. The burial chamber contained an empty red granite sarcophagus and a canopic chest.

The remains of at least part of her mummy were uncovered and were once housed in the Qasr el-Aini Medical School.

Pepi II was a pharaoh of Egypt in the 6th Dynasty (2345-2181 BC), fourth of four dynasties in the Old Kingdom Period.

He succeeded to the throne at age six, after the death of Merenre I, and is generally credited with having the Longest reign of any monarch in history at 94 years (c. 2278 BC – c. 2184 BC) although this figure has been disputed by someEgyptologists who favour a shorter reign of not much More than 64 years.

Several 6th dynasty royal seals and Stone blocks - the latter of which were found within the funerary Temple of Queen Ankhesenpepi II, the known mother mother of Pepi II - were discovered in the 1999-2000 excavation season at Saqqara, whichdemonstrate that she also married Merenre after Pepi I's death and became this king's chief wife. Several inscribed inscriptions on these Stone blocks give Ankhesenpepi II the royal titles of:

King's Wife of the Pyramid of Pepy I, King's Wife of the Pyramid of Merenre and King's Mother of the Pyramid of Pepy II.

Therefore, today, many Egyptologists believe that Pepi II was likely Merenre's own son. Pepi II would, therefore, be Pepi I's grandson while Merenre was, most likely, Pepi II's father since he is known to have married Pepi II's known mother,Queen Ankhesenpepi II. This would also conform well with the evidence from the South Saqqara Stone which shows no coregency between the reigns of Pepi I and Merenre thus making it far More likely that Pepi II was Merenre's own son.

Pepi II's reign Marked a Sharp decline of the Old Kingdom. As the power of the nomarchs grew, the power of the pharaoh declined. With no dominant central power, local nobles began raiding each other's territories and the Old Kingdom came to anend within mere decades after the close of Pepi II's reign.