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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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Being physician I am shocked to read that beer "was a source of minerals.." Alcohol may be the source of depandance and social misery - it was used for let poor people forget their BIRTHRIGHTS and help them not to see the reality - plutocracy and theocracy playing gods! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.227.205.162 (talk) 13:41, 15 December 2009 (UTC)Reply
Beer may have saved the lives of Egyptian peasants the way it saved the lives of medieval European peasants--by providing a wholesome alternative to water. The water of the Nile, like other great rivers, may have carried disease and pollutants, especially during the early Inundation when it would have been washing off the Ethiopian highlands and carrying with it whatever was on those plateaus. For cultures around the world, the bacteria-killing alcohol in beer has been a lifesaver for centuries. Munchkyn (talk) 17:51, 16 March 2010 (UTC)Reply
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