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WikiProject Ancient Egypt to-do list:

Needed articles.

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.

Seriously? No etymology section?

Latest comment: 5 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

It is said the name is Ancient Greek "pyramis" but not that the word is a compound of "pyr" (as in "pyromaniac", meaning fire) and "amis" (same meaning as "amidst").

The word for it in Arabic is "haram" (هرم) and might be connected to the name of "Hermes" as the god's name/function comes from both "Herm", which explicitly means "Stack of stones" and the EGYPTIAN god Thoth. Thoth is seen as an architect god and is often credited with "building" the pyramids.

I get that this is seen as original research but couldn't we at least say it's of unknown ultimate origin, and might be Pre-Greek ?— Preceding unsigned comment added by ConfusedEnoch (talk • contribs)

You need a source for that. All we do is cite, summarize, and paraphrase professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources, without commentary nor addition. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:12, 2 August 2020 (UTC)Reply

geopolymer theory

Latest comment: 3 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

We should finally accept new scientific findiongs, which show that the pyramids are made of concrete: see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMAtkjy_YK4 2A07:3D01:102:A900:8D63:B110:E3C1:6203 (talk) 19:31, 27 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

And it argues nonsense such as Egyptians travelled all over the world. Fringe nonsense. Doug Weller talk 12:38, 28 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

bricks Pyramid from Bengal

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Rasmancha temple made with bricks, 1600 CE.

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"Spanking pyramid" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect Spanking pyramid has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 June 22 § Spanking pyramid until a consensus is reached. Thepharoah17 (talk) 17:35, 22 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

"1st pyramid" listed at Redirects for discussion

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The redirect 1st pyramid has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 31 § 1st pyramid until a consensus is reached. consarn _{(grave) (obituary)} 18:52, 31 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

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