Wikipedia article of the day for October 11, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for October 11, 2026 is Userkare . Userkare was the second king of the Sixth Dynasty of Egypt, reigning in the late 24th or early 23rd century BC. He is not mentioned in the tomb inscriptions of Egyptian officials who lived during his reign. Some representations of high officials of the period were chiselled out in their tombs; Egyptologists suspect his successor Pepi I may have tried to erase mentions of Userkare. Egyptologists consider Userkare a usurper to the throne, a legitimate ruler, a younger brother to Pepi I, or a regent who ruled during Pepi I's childhood. The identity of Userkare's parents depends on his legitimacy to the throne: if he was, he could have been a son of Teti and one of his queens. If a usurper, he could be a descendant of a cadet branch of the preceding Fifth Dynasty. Userkare's tomb has not been identified, either because it was not finished or because Pepi I erased traces of his rule. If the tomb was started, E...
