Egyptian Pharaoh Pepi II is known for some pretty ludicrous behavior – he insisted his slaves coat themselves in honey to keep those pesky flies away from him!
of egypt. hiss tore iccal text said he reigned 94 years. though we can t be sure of that. modern texts put his reign at around 68 years, which is just ahead of elizabeth. max foster, cnn, london. thank you so much. incredible. i learn sod much there. thank you to our max foster for that. thank you for watching. i m zain asher. i m errol barnett. rosemary church is joining us now. cnn newsroom continues. please stay with us.
reporter: more than 63 1/2 years on the thrown is a truly impressive british record. in terms of living monarchs elizabeth is second to one person, that is thailand s longest reigning monarch and he became king in 1946. that is 69 years on the thrown. louis we 14th reign. he ruled france for 72 years. that s the longest reign in european history. this, though, is king and reigned 82 years. there s a chance that this guy beat his record by 12 years. king pepi ii was the last king