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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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Udimu I believe there is some confusion in the text between the stela of Yuf and Sobekemsaf's family stela. I've uploaded both stelae on Commons (1) (2), but it seems that their descriptions and the article don't fit each other, with Engelbach's reference seemingly referring to one rather than the other. Things seems to be further complicated by Dodson & Hilton's reference. Khruner (talk) 22:54, 20 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
Khruner I think there is some debate whether the queen from the Iuef stela is the same queen, as she bears slightly different titles (only here she is King's sister). I am also not sure whether the stela with the queen's sister Neferuni must belong to a king. Sobekemsaf is called there his daughter, the king's wife Sobekemsaf. In case the stela belongs to a king (her father), we would expect the title king's daughter. Therefore the line but her title shows she was the daughter of a pharaoh, probably Rahotep. does not make much sense. Her title is just king's wife on this stela and her father could be well an official, if the title king's daughter on the Iuef stela is a mistake or if the stela refers to another queen.Udimu (talk) 07:17, 21 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
My fault, I didn't realise that Engelbach is actually a source for both stelae, not only for the "family stela". I guess the latter (opposed to "Yuf's stela") is the one mentioned by Dodson & Hilton then, although their claim seems indeed questionable. Khruner (talk) 12:33, 21 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
I just checked Ryholt, he wonders whether both Sobekemsafs known from the two Edfu stelae are not identical. He also clearly says that she was NOT the daughter of a king, as she was not king's daughter. I also checked Dodson and they refer to another Sobekemsaf as daughter of Rahotep.-- Udimu (talk) 14:02, 21 December 2019 (UTC)Reply
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