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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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Latest comment: 17 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The fact the ruins "are found at Tineh, near Damietta" is very unlikely. It is very doubtful that Champollion or Dénon would say so. Of course "near" is very subjective. Yet you need to be observing from Mars to find they are near.--Connection 18:21, 4 July 2006 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 13 years ago3 comments3 people in discussion
One of the battles was won by the Persians as their king had the soldiers holding cats as they went into battle, which was sacrilege for the Egyptians. I will get a source. Chris 03:35, 1 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
Caveat lector! This credulous story is all over the Web at various cat sites. Few know to credit the Macedonian rhetorician Polyaenus (2nd century CE), writing in his Stratagems in war (Στρατηγηματα), and giving as an example the historical battle of Pelusium of 525 BCE, who states that the attacking Persian soldiers shielded themselves behind live sacred animals, including cats. The Egyptians, unable to fire at the Persians for fear of killing their deities, lost the battle. The only truth of the story is in its display of the Hellenistic sense of superiority to native Egyptians, whom they regarded as hidebound and superstitious. Earlier, Herodotus, Histories ii, gives many instances, which also need to be taken with a grain of salt, for the same reasons. The cat story, in sum, is a cock-and-bull story. --Wetman 07:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)Reply
As Wikipedia says, concerning "Herding Cats!"; "A saying that refers to a task that is extremely difficult or impossible to do, due to one or more variables being in flux and uncontrollable."69.92.23.64 (talk) 12:41, 1 February 2011 (UTC)Ronald L. HughesReply
Latest comment: 10 years ago2 comments1 person in discussion
The article gives the regnal dates for Sennacherib as 720-715 BC, while the wikipedia article on this king Sennacherib gives his regnal dates as 705-681 BC. Which is correct? Ffejmopp (talk) 18:15, 2 September 2013 (UTC)Reply
One more thing about this content I'd like to bring up. I realize that "Sethos the Aethiopian" is the name Herodotus gives to this pharaoh, but isn't it commonly accepted that this is Shebitku? Shouldn't this also be what this line says? Ffejmopp (talk) 18:30, 2 September 2013 (UTC)Reply
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