The Pyramid of Pepy II is located in the southern section of the Necropolis of Saqqara. King Pepi II ruled the country for about 94 years, longer than any pharaoh. His pyramid has a complex with a mortuary temple, a causeway and a valley temple. Some of the depictions of these temples manifest multiple scenes of making offerings, of some daily life activities, of the Sed-Festival celebration, of war and of courtiers bringing tribute.
Pepi II's pyramid is built much like those of his predecessors, using small pieces of limestone secured with a clay mortar for the five-step core and fine white limestone for the casing. The reason why the pyramid itself was enlarged remains unfixed. After the casing was laid and the north chapel built, a band of brick of nearly 7 m wide was added around the ...
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