Template:Did you know nominations/Shrine of Taharqa
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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 12:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
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Shrine of Taharqa
The Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum
- ... that the Shrine of Taharqa was built in Sudan but is now in the Ashmolean Museum?
- Source: Guner, Fisun (25 November 2011). "Art Gallery: Egyptian and Nubian Galleries, Ashmolean Museum". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ALT1: ... that the Shrine of Taharqa was coated in nitrocellulose? Source: Hanna, Seamus; Norman, Mark (1990). "The cleaning and removal of surface coatings from a seventh century BC sandstone shrine from Nubia". Studies in Conservation. 35 (sup1): 23–27. doi:10.1179/sic.1990.35.s1.006. ISSN 0039-3630.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lorena Peril
©Geni (talk) 03:03, 23 August 2024 (UTC).
Hi Geni, review follows: article created 17 August and exceeds minimum length; it is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't find any issue with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck on some of the sources; hook facts are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to sources cited; I probably prefer ALT1 which also avoids a potential issue about with referring to Sudan, which didn't exist at the time it was built. I saw in the source for ALT1 that it is the "only [Ancient] Egyptian building in the United Kingdom" which might make an interesting hook if it was correct? Image is freely licensed and uploaded by nominator, a QPQ has been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 13:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)
- Building is complicated. Only part of the structure made it to the UK. The inner stonework did not and while it is freestanding it would have originally been inside a larger temple. You've also got the argument that Cleopatra's Needle, London is a building. Mostly though it was an issue of not being able to find a way to phrase it that didn't run into copyright issues.©Geni (talk) 00:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
