Talk:Shrine of Taharqa

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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.

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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.

A fact from Shrine of Taharqa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 September 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Shrine of Taharqa was coated in nitrocellulose?

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The result was: promoted by BorgQueen talk 12:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The Shrine of Taharqa in the Ashmolean Museum

... that the Shrine of Taharqa was built in Sudan but is now in the Ashmolean Museum?

Source: Guner, Fisun (25 November 2011). "Art Gallery: Egyptian and Nubian Galleries, Ashmolean Museum". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 18 May 2024.

ALT1: ... that the Shrine of Taharqa was coated in nitrocellulose? Source: Hanna, Seamus; Norman, Mark (1990). "The cleaning and removal of surface coatings from a seventh century BC sandstone shrine from Nubia". Studies in Conservation. 35 (sup1): 23–27. doi:10.1179/sic.1990.35.s1.006. ISSN 0039-3630.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Lorena Peril

Created by Geni (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 10 past nominations.

Hi Geni, review follows: article created 17 August and exceeds minimum length; it is well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources; I didn't find any issue with overly close paraphrasing in a spotcheck on some of the sources; hook facts are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to sources cited; I probably prefer ALT1 which also avoids a potential issue about with referring to Sudan, which didn't exist at the time it was built. I saw in the source for ALT1 that it is the "only [Ancient] Egyptian building in the United Kingdom" which might make an interesting hook if it was correct? Image is freely licensed and uploaded by nominator, a QPQ has been carried out - Dumelow (talk) 13:40, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Building is complicated. Only part of the structure made it to the UK. The inner stonework did not and while it is freestanding it would have originally been inside a larger temple. You've also got the argument that Cleopatra's Needle, London is a building. Mostly though it was an issue of not being able to find a way to phrase it that didn't run into copyright issues.©Geni (talk) 00:46, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Size

Could someone please put dimensions of the shrine into the article? Even with the current photos, I find it difficult to tell how large it is. Thank you and best wishes, Hoktiwe (talk) 19:33, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]