Talk:Periodization of ancient Egypt

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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.

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Standardize the Chronology.

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Data sorting.

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A fact from Periodization of ancient Egypt appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 January 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that period names for Ancient Egyptian history, such as "Old Kingdom" and "New Kingdom", are modern inventions?

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:38, 18 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the period names for Ancient Egyptian history, such as "Old Kingdom" and "New Kingdom", are modern inventions? Source: Schneider, Thomas (27 August 2008). "Periodizing Egyptian History: Manetho, Convention, and Beyond". In Klaus-Peter Adam (ed.). Historiographie in der Antike. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 181–197. ISBN 978-3-11-020672-2. Paragraph starting: "It is crucial here to clarify that the structure given to the Egyptian past by modern Egyptology is only partly Manethonian..."

Reviewed: Enrique Ika

Created by Onceinawhile (talk). Self-nominated at 23:07, 1 January 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Article is new enough, long enough (~2000+ characters, excluding lists / bulleted lines, and block quote), well written and clear, well cited and sources do match the content, no copyvio, hook has inline citation and is supported by the source, QPQ is done. Good to go. Bammesk (talk) 02:39, 3 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]