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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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I have just spent an hour trying to find verification of the claims made in the section about "the Serpent of Akhmim" as an Islamic angel and Christian demon but the only references to it are from the changes made to this page in 2005.
A request for a citation had been made in 2012 but there does not seem to have been any form of response and the entire passage looks vague and dubious and detracts from the historicity of the rest of the article.
Should a reliable reference for these claims be found and the names of the "supposed" Islamic saint specified then the original could be restored and amended to include a few of the missing details.
"Akhmim once had a reputation as being home of the greatest magicians in Egypt. A supernatural being that was said to dwell there, the Serpent of Akhmim, was supposedly regarded as an angel by Muslims and as an incarnation of the demon Asmodeus by Christians.[citation needed]"
It is unclear whether the "greatest" magician (no name given) and the supernatural being are in any way connected or whether they are meant to be the same person. The mention of the Muslim angel is equally vague
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