2470 BCE (WOD)

Events

 * The Great House is now almost an adjunct to the priesthood. They bury Shepseskaf, last king of the Fourth Dynasty, in a simple tomb outside Inbu-Hedj rather than in a pyramid. His successor Userkaf, first king of the Fifth Dynasty, instead directs Kemet’s resources to building solar temples in honor of Re. The kings who follow him add “son of Re” to their official names, and the power of the king must now be ritually renewed once per generation, keeping him further under the priesthood’s control.