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WikiProject Ancient Egypt to-do list:

Needed articles.

We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have.

Cleanup.

To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. Any other candidates?

Standardize the Chronology.

A boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)

Stub sorting

Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done . . .

Data sorting.

This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture -- Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library.

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Plagiarism?

I found the following in the New World Encylopedia:

as early as 2600 B.C.E., the architect Imhotep made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds

- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Column

This is almost word-for-word what is currently in the article. Who is plagiarizing whom? -- 165.204.84.11 (talk) 20:09, 25 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Egyptian architecture" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Egyptian architecture and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 December 25 § Egyptian architecture until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Happy holidays, SONIC⁶⁷⁸ 16:59, 25 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: SSC198

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 2 October 2023 and 15 December 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): GGHTOO (article contribs). Peer reviewers: MVisic.

— Assignment last updated by Jaschale (talk) 22:20, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

More work needed

Posting this as a general encouragement to other editors with more specialized knowledge who can contribute here. I've made some small generic revisions throughout the article and I've added some very bare-bones summaries of important subtopics like Saqqara, the Valley of the Kings, and the Greco-Roman period, using general references. My hope is that these and other sections can be further fleshed-out and expanded. Citations also need to be added or improved in many areas.

Lastly, there are manyf aspects of the topic which are still not covered, such as the Middle Kingdom period, other parts of the Theban Necropolis, etc. As this is an overview article, all that's really needed are reliably-sourced summaries for these various subtopics, which can in turn direct readers to other articles for further information. R Prazeres (talk) 05:59, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PS: I also note that the Egyptian temple article has been turned into a featured article, so it may contain some useful material that could be adapted for use here. R Prazeres (talk) 06:08, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]