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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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"Consort" is used in numerous mythological articles, not just Egyptian ones. Further, "Boyfriend" in this context is a completely incorrect term. The term and concept of boyfriend are only as old as our modern concept of courtship; dating. Ancients did not date, nor did their deities. -
Tydaj 01:09, 20 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Yes they did. Especially the greek deities.
Courtship is certainly not a modern concept, the ancient greeks had an institutionalised courtship procedure, specifying what gifts were and were not acceptable for example.
And Set was married to Nepthys, so Ash can never be Set's consort. Set's consort was always Nepthys, but he was dating Ash.
~~~~ 07:54, 20 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Even if he's not Set's consort, I'm sure there's a better term than "boyfriend". Courtship has been around for ages, dating has not. -
Tydaj 16:10, 20 July 2005 (UTC)reply
What is wrong with "boyfriend" ? It explains exactly what the situation was in the clearest manner.
~~~~ 18:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Per discussion on
Talk:Set (mythology), does anyone know the source of the claim that Ash and Set were lovers? I have not been able to find it. -
AdelaMae(
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For example, the inscriptions of Peribsen. For a modern reference, you could check out some of the writing of Professor
James Dunn.
I have no idea why you think the opinion of the Kemetic orthodox is relevant. Kemetic orthodoxy is a modern religious movement, not academically qualified egyptologists. --
Victim of signature fascism 18:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)reply
One of Ash's titles–"Beloved of Set"–has led to interpretations that Set and Ash were lovers.citation needed Many
Pharaohs had similar titles connected with one or another Gods, but very few, if any, Gods bore such epithets.