Fifth Dynasty of Egypt
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Oct 22, 2026
Campbell PriceGUEST
Old Kingdom, you know, 2500-ish BCE.
Campbell PriceGUEST
And what happens is there's an interesting period of development around the time of the pyramids, Dynasty IV, Dynasty V, where the deceased is almost completely covered in plaster.
Campbell PriceGUEST
And so there are interesting cultural parallels with places like Jericho in the Levant.
Campbell PriceGUEST
Those are much older cases where skulls, you know, disarticulated skulls are treated with plaster.
Simon WhistlerHOST
One thing we do know is that they didn't stick.
Simon WhistlerHOST
After Shepseskaf's death came the Fifth Dynasty, and most of the pharaohs of the Fifth Dynasty had Ra in their names to show devotion to the sun god.
Simon WhistlerHOST
They also resumed building pyramids, although none of them attained the grandeur established by the pharaohs of the Fourth Dynasty.
Simon WhistlerHOST
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Graham HancockSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
If the Egyptians inherited a spiritual tradition from an earlier
JamesHOST
civilization, where would we expect to find evidence of it? One of the first places to investigate is the Pyramid of King Unas at Saqqara, constructed near the end of the Fifth Dynasty, around 2350 BC.
JamesHOST
Its interior chambers contain the earliest surviving monumental collection of writings, now known as the Pyramid Texts.
JamesHOST
These are among the oldest substantial religious compositions preserved anywhere in the world, and their principal concern is the continued existence of the deceased king.
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JamesHOST
Is there any direct evidence that Egyptian teachers warned people against becoming obsessed with wealth? One of the clearest examples comes from the Instruction of Ptahotep, traditionally attributed to a senior official of the Fifth Dynasty.
JamesHOST
The main surviving manuscript is the Priests Papyrus, copied during the Middle Kingdom, and University College London's Digital Egypt project preserves a detailed translation.
Phil BartonHOST
Cool.
Brad BartonHOST
And they eventually dated it to some time during the Fifth Dynasty.
Phil BartonHOST
Hmm.
Brad BartonHOST
Partially because there are no texts in it.
Phil BartonHOST
Uh, okay.
Brad BartonHOST
Pyramid texts, including the Great Pyramids, uh, there's no texts.
Brad BartonHOST
Uh, towards the end of the Fifth Dynasty-
Phil BartonHOST
Mm-hmm
Mohamed IbrahimGUEST
So you see, it is like, uh, the double, uh, uh, time of, uh, dynastic time.
Mohamed IbrahimGUEST
So this is the, the story of, uh, what we call it pre-dynastic and Old Kingdom, because they include the Dynasty V, VI, VII, VIII, uh, to what we call it Old Kingdom, and then, uh, Dynasty, uh, XII, uh, XI and XII, Middle Kingdom, and then Dynasty XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, that is New Kingdom.
Mohamed IbrahimGUEST
Those are the major eras, uh, the powerful families in ancient Egypt.
Matthew LaCroixHOST
Very well said, Mohamed.
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Imagine, if you will, Egypt around the year 2400 before the Common Era.
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The Fifth Dynasty
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A king named Nusre
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sits on the throne.
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Imagine, if you will, Egypt.
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around the year 2400 before the Common Era.
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The Fifth Dynasty A king named Nusere
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sits on the throne.