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25th century to mid 24th century BCE, during the Old Kingdom period. He likely enjoyed a reign of
over 40 years, which heralded a new period in the history of the Old Kingdom. Breaking with a
tradition followed by his predecessors since the time of Userkaf, Djedkare did not build a temple to
the sun god Ra, possibly reflecting the rise of Osiris in the Egyptian pantheon. More significantly,
Djedkare effected comprehensive reforms of the Egyptian state administration, the first undertaken
since the inception of the system of ranking titles. He also reorganised the funerary cults of his
forebears buried in the necropolis of Abusir and reformed the corresponding priesthood. Djedkare
commissioned expeditions to Sinai to procure copper and turquoise, to Nubia for its gold
and diorite and to the Land of Punt for its incense. One such expedition had what could be the
earliest recorded instance of oracular divination that aimed to ensure an expedition's success.
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