Famine in Ancient Egypt
The collapse of Egypt’s Old Kingdom around 2181 B.C. was marked by turmoil, starvation, and the unravelling of centralized authority. Among the earliest and most haunting references to famine in Egyptian history is found within the Pyramid of Unas, the last ruler of the 5th Dynasty (c. 2375–2345 B.C.). His mortuary temple, inscribed with the...