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Ancient Egypt Mid‑importance

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This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.

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.

Sources[edit]

I've added a very useful one as an EL. Doug Weller (talk) 14:17, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The abstract to Katary's paper on land tenure[1] says "As the primary administrative document for New Kingdom land tenure, the Wilbour Papyrus, from Year 4 of Rameses V, documents the administration of cultivable land in Middle Egypt under temples and secular institutions located throughout Egypt." Doug Weller (talk) 16:08, 21 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: History of Ancient Egypt[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 4 January 2023 and 17 March 2023. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): WesternGoblin (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Laumoos, RaccoonEnjoyer.

— Assignment last updated by Johnstoncl (talk) 21:29, 2 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: 311_History of Ancient Egypt[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 9 January 2024 and 22 March 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Madrugada11 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Epichippo, Traven Murphy.

— Assignment last updated by Johnstoncl (talk) 18:20, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

text a & text b[edit]

I added two different paragraphs in the content + purpose page in order to elaborate a bit further on the two primary sections in the Wilbour Papyrus. I used two new sources to add this information as well. I think it adds to the article because while text a and b are mentioned throughout the article I thought it would be fitting to add two specific sections dedicated to the two texts. Madrugada11 (talk) 13:01, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]