Djedkare Isesi
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Djedkare Isesi was a pharaoh, the eighth and penultimate ruler of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt in the late 25th century to mid-24th century BC, during the Old Kingdom. Djedkare succeeded Menkauhor Kaiu
Part of a door jamb showing the cartouche of Djedkare Isesi, Neues Museum, Berlin
Isesi-ankh as depicted on his false door stela
Wooden statues of Kekheretnebti and in the background, of Neserkauhor, now in the Náprstek Museum
Alabaster vase bearing an inscription celebrating Djedkare's first "Sed" festival, Musée du Louvre
Ptahhotep
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Ptahhotep, sometimes referred to as Ptahhotep I or Ptahhotpe, was a vizier during the reign of Djedkare Isesi in Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty. He is best known as the author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep, one o
Djedkare Isesi
…funerary cult throughout the much later New Kingdom (c. 1550–1077 BC). Djedkare was also remembered by the ancient Egyptians as the Pharaoh of Vizier Ptahhotep, the purported author of The Maxims of Ptahhotep, one of the earliest pieces of philosophic wisdom literature. The reforms implemented by Djedkare are…
Ptahhotep with two different wigs - Imhotep Museum in Saqqara
The mastaba tombs of Ptahhotep and his son Akhethetep
A Procession of offerings from Ptahhotep's mastaba tomb