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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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literally meaning "those from Izra" (or Asar), is the name of a pre-resurrected Egyptianpharaoh god.
This is not at all factual. The root of Mizraim goes back to a common Semitic root that has nothing to do with any Egyptian deity. —Nefertum17 17:24, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
I thought "Mizraim" came from the Akkadian word Misr ("frontier" or "march"), according to some authorities in notes I don't have at hand at the moment. -- llywrch 21:37, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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The intro paragraph had recently been changed to assert that mizraim comes from "metzar, meaning a 'distress'", where it had previously said "matzor, meaning a 'mound' or fortress'". Putting together some of the information I found across multiple sources, it appears that these similarities are superficial, and that the word descends from a common Semitic root. I tried to rewrite the intro to make this clear, but would be nice to find a better citation. Esk (talk) 01:59, 16 February 2023 (UTC)Reply
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It cites An Essay on Assyriology to support that Egypt was called Mu-ṣur in Assyrian neo-Aramaic. However, that source discusses the Rassam cylinder, which is in neo-Assyrian Akkadian (cuneiform), not Aramaic.
It also says it was Miṣru in Akkadian and Misri in the 14th century B.C. Amarna tablets. But when you click on the link for Miṣru, it takes you to a Wiktionary page the lists the pronunciation as Miṣriʾi. The Amarna tablets are in Akkadian. The source given, Commentary on Ezekiel 25-48, says that it's Miṣri in the Amarna letters and Muṣur in Assyro-Babylonian texts (~700 years after the Amarna letters, but still Akkadian).
- I do not see support in the sources for Miṣru. Either a source must be added, or this should be dropped. Also adding approximate years would be nice.
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