Nitocris (2184-2181 BCE) is the Greek name for Nitiqret, the last monarch of the 6th Dynasty of Egypt which concluded the period of the Old Kingdom (c. 2613-2181 BCE). Nitocris is best known from the story told of her by Herodotus (484-425/413 BCE) in his Histories (Book II.100) in which she murders the assassins of her brother at a banquet.
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c. 2613 BCE - c. 2181 BCEThe Period of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
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2184 BCE - 2181 BCEProbable reign of Queen Nitocris, last monarch of the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
