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[edit] Welcome

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] Unsolved problems in Egyptology

I've noticed that you removed the template of Unsolved problems in Egyptology put in the articles about Menes and Narmer. I'm not an expert about egyptology (I was only doing Wikipedia maintenance works), so I don't know whether that info was really an unsolved problem or not. Please, if you know positively that those "mysteries" are no longer unsolved problems then update the List of unsolved problems in Egyptology (I've added some more tags, see Category:Unsolved problems in Egyptology. Please, feel free to fix any other problem). But if it is really unknown who was the first pharaoh (or any other unsolved problem as specified in the List of unsolved problems in Egyptology), please leave the tag: the article will not be less serious, we are just building the web with more links (if the brief description wasn't appropiate, please we need experts like you to help fixing that), as done in other important fields like can be seen in Unsolved problems in physics. Thank you! --surueña 13:00:17, 2005-07-29 (UTC)

[edit] CNE

Great additions on the CNE article! I'm just wondering whether some of the details are better for the Exhibition Place article... --Madchester 05:06, September 4, 2005 (UTC)


No, I think you're doing a good job... I was thinking that the CNE article should cover more along the lines of the attractions and events that take place.... like the Vets Day Parade and the Air Show. But I feel that there's definitely a need to describe the main buildings on the Ex grounds; I honnestly don't know what many of them are used for the other 11 months of the yr.

I was at the Ex last week, but didn't bring a camera. Meh... --Madchester 04:43, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Welcome to the Wikimania Toronto team

Glad to see more support for our bid! -- user:zanimum

[edit] Narmer

Hi Captmondo! I noticed your picture Image:NarmerPalette ROM.jpg on Commons, and i have been looking for something like that for a long time since i made the article pt:Paleta de Narmer in the WP-PT. Could you please also upload the original? I already tried to make it brighter and it works very well, but unfortunately there are litte "damaged" parts on top (probably from when the background was removed). I would really appreciate it! If you upload it, please leave me a note here. Thx! Lusitana 07:56, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Hi! Thanks so much for your prompt answer! The pictures are great! By the way, i assume you are the author of the photos, so it would be good to mention it in the description area (just in case someone notices it doenst say who the photographer is and sends it for deletion...). I will use them in the article as they are now and as soon as i have a little more free time i will erase the background and give them more contrast. I will let you know! Cheers from PT! Lusitana 07:03, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimania meeting tommorrow

Hello, and thanks for signing up at Wikimania_2006/Toronto. It has been announced that there will be a half hour meeting on the Wikimania IRC channel tomorrow October 2, at 20:00 UST (4:00 pm EST) to pick the 3 city shortlist. It would be great if you could attend. Also these are our last hours to ensure that our bid at Wikimania_2006/Toronto is as good as it can be, so any improvements to it would also be useful. There are now four cities in the running, so tomorrow one is getting cut. - SimonP 20:50, 1 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I removed your image of the dino in the red path museum entry

I took a bunch of shots of that albertosaurus and also the other exhibits, is there maybe another shot you might have that shows the whole skeleton? I just found your shot was too close up =) I have just commented it out for now, but please tell me if that's ok with you. (bt, I live in montreal =)

[edit] Album Listings for The Vestibules

You can go ahead and make those changes to The Vestibules albums.

I think The Frantics performance from the Gala at the festival should air sometime in March on a friday night. At least that is when the 2004 festival aired. Kinda strange that CBC waits almost a year to air the shows, but I guess it's because they want to air them just before the next festival to generate interest.

Nice to hear from another Vestibules fan. Qutezuce 20:47, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Delrina

The Delrina article is great, and you may remember I advised you on what you could do with it quite a while back on peer review. I just saw that its FAC failed, I should have voted Support. Sorry about that, can you resubmit it to FAC?, I'm sure it will do better next time (and I'll make sure to vote, its a good piece of work!) — Wackymacs 19:15, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Is it ready to put on FAC again yet? — Wackymacs 08:48, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Male Wikipedians

Hi! I noticed you made yourself a male userbox. I've just made a "standard" one at {{User:UBX/male}} (which slots you into Category:Male Wikipedians). Feel free to use it and/or edit it! — Asbestos | Talk (RFC) 19:07, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] ROM article

Thanks for your comments on my talk page. I'm actually still in the middle of editing the section, but I certainly won't take any offence to your editing to include more info or correct mistakes I've made! --gbambino 19:05, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Movement

What do you think of the movement? Reply here. Thanks. --Kin Khan 02:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pepi II

Hi ! I write to You, because You're the one who edit this article more often than the others. I translated this article into Polish yesturday and I'd noted some important mistakes in it. Would You mind looking at the text and...check and correct.

  • Years of reign. - probably 94.
  • Hatnub is not on Sinai.

best regards --212.56.240.55 16:48, 30 December 2005 (UTC)pl:user:NeferKaRe

[edit] Another Delrina question

This may just be me, but I'm just a little confused by the text included in the proposed lead for when the article becomes Today's Featured Article in January, and posted a similar query on Raul654's talk page....

There is one sentence that says "In its wake, several of Delrina's principles founded venture capital firms that continue to have a lasting impact on the Canadian software industry." Emphasis added by me - their principles or principal investors moved on? I'm just not sure about that word usage, and the entry on principle at the online Merriam-Webster didn't shed much light on this I'm afraid. [1] Thoughts? As I said, it might just be me. --JohnDBuell 03:15, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

No, you can't edit that lead, but Raul654 can. Leave him a message: User_talk:Raul654 HTH. --JohnDBuell 18:05, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Jabiru etc.

Captmondo, as you may see in wikipedia, the confusion involves three species:

Jabiru (Jabiru micteria); only one of its genus, restricted to the Americas, known in Brazil as "Jaburú" or "Tuiuiú".
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus), lives in tropical Asia, known in Australia (only?) as "Jabiru"
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), lives in sub-saharan Africa

If the hieroglyph is one of these birds, it must be the last one. The names Jabiru and Jaburu come from Tupi "Yabiru" (stress in the last syllable). The American bird must have been known to naturalists since the 17th century, and the scientific name Jabiru is quite old (before 1816). So I would guess that someone in the 19th century classified the Black-necked Stork as another species of the genus Jabiru, and that name became popular in Australia. Then the scientists decided to separate the genera, renaming the Asian bird as Ephippiorhynchus.

If that guess is true, then probably the same thing happened to the African bird --- early in the 19th century it was put in the Jabiru genus, then the archaeologists identified the hieroglyph as a Jabiru, then the bird got his scientific name changed to Ephippiorhynchus.

But other scenarios are possible. (Was Gardner an Aussie? 8-) All the best, --Jorge Stolfi 06:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Kane

These a great! I've created a commons:Paul Kane page, and linked it from Paul Kane. As for the book: no, I think Kane's artistic influence on later painters is the only thing that could need a bit more elaborating. But of course, if you discover other interesting facts, feel free to improve this article or write completely new ones :-) The book, BTW, appears to be a standard textbook for university-level courses in Canadian art history. Thanks for doing this for me; I was really disappointed when I discovered that not even my local university library carries it. Lupo 19:28, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

A further note: the man lying on the ground in commons:Image:PaulKane-BuffaloHunt-ROM.jpg is probably Kane himself. He included himself in quite a few of his paintings (Boat Encampment is such an example), and in his book, he writes that he fell from the horse and got nearly run over by the buffalos, but was saved from that fate by one of the Métis who chased the animals around him and shielded him from the herd. Despite this incident, Kane managed to kill two bisons himself. The scene obviously is from the Métis buffalo hunt as they run the buffalos by horse on the open prairie; the later buffalo hunts he witnessed were either a Cree pound hunt (see Talk:Paul Kane), or hunts with HBC people, but these occurred in winter at Ft. Edmonton. Finally, is this a field sketch or an oil painting? I think it might be the latter based on the whole composition with the clouds and all. commons:Image:PaulKane-BushCamp-ROM.jpg might also be an oil painting, I think. Lupo 19:42, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
On second thought, there are of course many things you could do while you have that book: see what you can add to Frederick Arthur Verner, or write a least stubs for William Cresswell and Daniel Fowler (MacLaren references Reid for them, so Reid should have something on these two watercolour artists), or see what can be added to Group of Seven or Tom Thomson... enjoy! Lupo 20:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
Hey, I'm no authority either! I don't know anything about Canadian art—the secret to writing such articles is to pick authoritative sources and then to recast, summarize, condense, and rephrase them in a clear and coherent way. So don't be afraid to add stuff to the articles mentioned above. Of course, if you prefer, you could e-mail me scans of the relevant pages (or fax them; if you want to do that, e-mail me for the phone number) and then I'll see what I can do with it. The image of Fort Edmonton wouldn't be this one, would it? :-) Lupo 14:48, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Great images indeed. A pity Image:PaulKane-RiverScene-ROM.jpg is a bit blurry... it's commonly titled Indian encampment on Lake Huron and shows an Ojibwa camp on the shores of Georgian Bay. It might be interesting to know who the chief was. As for using these images: I don't think I can add them to our Paul Kane article; it already has a lot of images. But they might be used in articles on the painter in other language Wikipedias, and some (like the chief, or the buffalo hunt, or also the "fishing at night" painting) could be used to illustrate articles on say, that chief (or his tribe), buffalo hunting, or hunting techniques of Native Americans. And of course, include them all in the galleries at Paul Kane, where they serve as background info on the painter if linked from the main Wikipedias' articles on the painter. Lupo 07:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
The chief might be Wah-pus ("The rabbit"), noted warrior, residing at Owen Sound, 33×50.8cm. Not having found any other reproduction (online or print) of that painting, I can go only by a catalogue of the Kane paintings at the ROM (printed in Garvin's reedition of Kane's travel account), where that image is described as "all of whose hair had been pulled out except the scalp lock". The bush camp is probably Indian Camp Colville, described as "45.7×74.3cm, Lodges of Chualpays near Fort Colville, formed of mats on poles with space in which to hang salmon to dry". Lupo 08:41, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks a lot; got the scans! Lupo 09:46, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikimedia Canada

Hi there! I'd like to invite you to explore Wikimedia Canada, and create a list of people interested in forming a local chapter for our nation. A local chapter will help promote and improve the organization, within our great nation. We'd also like to encourage everyone to suggest projects for our national chapter to participate in. Hope to see you there!--DarkEvil 02:11, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beach vs. Beaches

  • Yah, that's the second time in the last month or so that someone has edited the Beaches article to reflect their own take on the name debate. I suspect that with the media suddenly paying attention to the "controversy" again, this sort of edit will occur more frequently. Skeezix1000 16:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Hope you don't disagree with my minor addition to your recent edits. I figure by adding the word "historically", we might avoid those who would feel the need to add a mention of every single business or entity they can think of containing the words Beach or Beaches. --Skeezix1000 18:17, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beach move

While it was appropriate to change the article name, this would have been best accomplished with the 'move' function, which would preserve the edit history and carry the talk page with it.

I'll try to track down an administrator to fix it... Radagast 18:22, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Turns out there's a template for this very task! I've added it, the next admin to see it on the list should handle it... Radagast 18:30, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
As I said on the discussion pages for both The Beach (Toronto) and the Beaches, kudos for being bold. But I think, given the controversy over the name, achieving consensus through Wikipedia:Requested moves is the better way to go. I don't actually agree with the above comment that "while it was appropriate to change the article name...", although the consensus at some point may be, in fact, to undertake that very move. Skeezix1000 20:02, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
On a related point, I do not believe that the template added by Radagast is necessarily the right way to go either. This is a potentially controversial move, and there should be a discussion through Wikipedia:Requested moves before The Beaches is merged with anything. The loss of the edit history is only part of the problem here. Skeezix1000 20:09, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Kane

You edited the wrong article. [2] -- Curps 02:32, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stephen Leacock

Hello, I'm pleased to see that the expanded Leacock bibliography was noticed (and so soon!). I'll do what I can to support the article. I agree, it be wonderful to see it as a possible Feature Article - one small way to revive his name in other countries. Cheers! Victoriagirl 16:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Roman Naming Conventions

You left a good comment last time I nominated this article for FA status, and I would like to invite you to comment on the renomination, due to recent improvements. (Including a picture) Rrpbgeek

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[edit] Ancient Near East warfare taskforce

I see you’re a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt. Might you be interested in Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Ancient Near East warfare task force, which will include wars of Ancient Egypt such as Battle of Megiddo? See the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history#Ancient Near East taskforce? Neddyseagoon 15:45, 18 June 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Your contribution on builder pharaoh (Hatseput)

I find your contribution relevant but there is a pollicy about referencing facts , read Wikipedia:Citing sources#When_you_add_content, It is useful that you cite your sources -- User:Atenea26 13:15, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I think that your contribution is alright unless this detail, I don't have more objections--User:Atenea26, 11:00, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks to you, I have an idea.

How about we set up Wikipedia:WikiProject Nelvana in a couple of days? That way, the works of the famous Canadian studio will be more appreciated on this site. Give me my support on the article's PR as well. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 02:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Re: Pharaoh Infoboxes

Coordination on these would probably be a good thing. I've been planning on charging through the 18th dynasty simply because it's such a mess in places, so I'm planning on taking Thutmose II and IV, and Amenhotep III. My efforts will be mostly, however, dedicated to adding content to the early half of the 18th dynasty articles in general. Perhaps when I get done with that I'll fix up the second half or the 19th dynasty, but feel free to do them if you want, you won't be stepping on my toes at all. Good luck with finishing off Ahmose. It's not quite the longest, but I think it's now become the most complete of all the articles on pharaohs. We stand a good shot for good article on that one. Thanatosimii 17:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Oh yes. This is a totally asthetic matter, but if you add breaks to particularly long lines in the infoboxes, often they will be significantly less wide and the page will have less wasted space. Thanatosimii 18:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I have made some more changes to the pharoah infobox template, which now include sub-templates for Horus, Golden Horus and Nebty names. This meant I had to split up some of the parameters and make new ones. I am changing those affected templates, can you give them a once over to make sure I haven't messed up all your good work? Cheers Markh 08:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
While we're on the topic of pharaoh infoboxes, the 12th dynasty is really looking quite dearth of good information on pharaohs. For one, The name of s-n-wsrt is transliterated senusret in all three instances, which is a not unheard of but particularly uncommon transliteration. Seeing as you, I, and Markh are the major contributors to Pharaoh related stuff as of late, I'm checking to see if you would agree that it should probably be changed to Sesostris, with about 150,000 appearences on Google; compared to Senwosret, 69,300; Senusret, 27,000; and senusert, 892. Senwosret isn't too bac a transliteration either, but not senusret. Thanatosimii 18:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Willing to do a copyedit pass on Ahmose I?

Sure! I'll get started on it tonight, and finish it as soon as possible. This is what I joined Wikipedia to do, and I ended up getting sidetracked with other noble pursuits...

Thanks for asking! — Editor at Large ( talk) 21:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

All right, I finished a basic grammar & punctuation edit and fixed up a few sentences. It's on my Sandbox; I had some comments hidden but have made them visible and bolded. Feel free to edit and fix it on my page; I have two sandboxes, so I don't need it back any time soon ;-)
I'm assuming that Thanatosimii is the "other Wikipedian" you were talking about, so if you could let him know where it is I'd appreciate it.
— Editor at Large ( talk) 01:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 : I copied the original article into my User:Editor at Large/Sandbox and then replaced it with my edited version, so you can use the comparison tool in the history to see the changes I made. I figured it would be easier if you could see them now. — Editor at Large ( talk) 15:06, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for the copyedit pass. I didn't have the time last evening to look at things in your Sandbox, but will likely have time this evening or over the weekend to do so. Thanks very much for your help!

In terms of other articles also in need of such help, I would point you at the ones for Pepi II and Hatshepsut. My bet is that Thanatosimii or Markh could point out more.

Cheers! Captmondo 16:08, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

I've adressed all of Editor at Large's comments on the copyedit of Ahmose I, and I put the picture you added into it as well, so if there are no outstanding problems remaining in it that are brought up in the coming few days, I'll probably be putting it back on the normal page. I personally think it's ready for GA nominations too. Thanatosimii 21:40, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Pictures

If this egyptologist who took the pictures of the Ahmose pyramid is willing to put up any other pictures, Hatshepsut badly needs a GFDL picture of a Hatshepsut statue. That's apparently a big part of what's been keeping it from becoming a FA. Thanatosimii 02:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Well, It's too bad no hatshepsut, but I suppose somthing will be figured out. Thanatosimii 00:14, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
Unfortunatly, I'm busy back in the swing of things at school, so my attention won't be here very much for a month or so either. I'll probably get back to that hatshepsut Image problem after that. Thanks, though. Thanatosimii 14:13, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Well, if you've got a digital camera, just go crazy and get as much as you can; you never know when one might come in handy. However, specifically, our worst missing gap is that we don't have a GFDL Hatshepsut picture, so if you can find one, it would be good to have. Theoretically, any statuary of any lesser pharaoh you can find would be good to have as well. Thanatosimii 12:26, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
Tremendous. Theoretically, this bust gets rid of a major Hatshepsut FA problem. Thanatosimii 01:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm going to try to photoshop one of the busts to remove the museum stuff and a blemish caused by reflection. I'll get back to this, I think. Thanatosimii 01:53, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Category links

Just so you know, when you're applying a category to an article, you don't actually have to pipetext the article title into the category link [[Category:Category|this part]] unless you need the title to sort under a different letter than the one the title begins with. For example, for Stephen Harper you'd type [[Category:Prime Ministers of Canada|Harper, Stephen]], because the title begins with S but you need the article to sort under H, but for Sunny Days and Nights you can just type [[Category:Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio programs]], because that title begins with S and you want it sorted under S.

It's not a big deal or anything, but it might save you a few keystrokes on the typing. Bearcat 06:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tutankhamun

Dear captmondo, I noticed your Wiki comments on the Great Pyramid of Giza and agree that it is full of crackpot ideas. But what was your main problem with the article on Tutankhamun? I visited it a few minutes ago and it seems to be pretty reasonable on the whole. No Osman or Rohlist ideas here, fortunately. BTW, I wouldn't generally touch Unresolved Mysteries of Egypt but the first king of Egypt has to be Narmer, not Hor Aha. Egyptologists have now found two separate inscriptions at Umm el Qaab which show that the 1st Dynasty kings regarded Narmer as the first king of their Dynasty, not Aha. BTW, how's life in Beaches, Toronto? Is it on Toronto's wterfront. Politically, Toronto seems to be a stronghold of the Federal Liberals or NDPers. As for me, I voted Conservative in Surrey BC--for a change--this year but got a Liberal MP. I can't complain though; my previous Tory MP was Gurmant Grewal! Remember him, the guy with the hidden microphone. Yikes. At least our new Liberal MP, Sukh Dhaliwal, hasn't done anything embarrassing. Leoboudv 02:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

The reference to several minor 8th Dynasty Pharaohs who STILL ruled all of Egypt is well known. The Old Kingdom Dynasty didn't immediatedly collapse after after Pepi II's reign. The Abydos Canon lists a total of 17 minor kings 8th Dynasty kings who ruled after the shortlived reign of Merenre II, son of Pepi II. Here is Gardiner's 1963 treatment of the Old Kingdom where an 8th Dynasty Pharaoh named Neferkare is mentioned together with his Vizier Shemai in a Year 1 stela from his reign. [http://www.touregypt.net/hfirstin.htm] I can give you a copy of the table which is published by Kim Ryholt in ZAS 127 (2000), pp.99-100. Ryholt notes that a nomen of king Neferkauhor is preserved on a decree from Koptos. There is also the small pyramid tomb of Qakare Ibi who is asigned a reign of 2 Years and 1 month.[3] His prenomen is written incorrectly as Qakaure in the Turin Kinglist but definitely refer to the smae king. Ibi is mentioned in line 5.10 of the Turin Canon. (p.91 of Ryholt article) The Turin Canon's coverage of the Late Old Kingdom was damaged and 10 of these kings were lost in a lacunae. I have scans of Ryholt's article--titled The Late Old Kingdom in the Turin King-List and the Identity of Nitocris. This information is worth considering on Wikipedia's coverage of the 8th Dynasty. It was only after this Dynasty that the Old Kingdom collapsed but from Neferkare and Ibi's monuments, you can tell the end was close and Egypt was nearing collapse. Regards, Leoboudv 20:12, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Occur/r/ed

Sorry about that, I didn't check the spelling in other varieties of English, although I am aware of the policy. Could you please give me any source on the British spelling of occurred? I checked some British dictionaries, and they suggested the spelling of occurred, just like American. Thanks, Mar de Sin Speak up! 02:12, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Also, Wiktionary has the word occurred but not occured. If occured and occuring is used Commonwealth English, I wouldn't think its usage or acceptance is wide. If the spelling occured is accepted in British/Commonwealth spelling, I would appreciate any sources that support this. Thanks! Mar de Sin Speak up! 19:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link! It's a really good source, but other sources seem to contradict. But I agree that better time should be spent elsewhere, and manually correcting typos and misspellings becomes horribly repetitive. Once again, thanks! Mar de Sin Speak up! 22:12, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Licenses on Commons

Would you consider by licensing your photos, so that they are not only GFDL, but also Creative Commons BY SA. Why? This comic on Wikiversity convinced me. Use this license if you like the idea... {{self2|GFDL|cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0}}... and I can help transfer your images over if you want help. Thanks for your consideration. -- Zanimum 20:48, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello there:

I saw your note about licensing images on my talk page. But for the most part, to my knowledge I have been using the GFDL/Creative Commons by SA when uploading my pics to WikiMedia, such as this one I did earlier in the week: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:GreenHead01-AltesMuseum-Berlin.png. So I must be missing out on something then; is at an earlier image you are interested in? (or am I missing something when it comes to the GFDL/CC?)

Cheers! Captmondo 22:49, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Great to here you've started! There were a few ones from like two years ago or more, in the TTC and Toronto folders. You're okay with these being relicensed? -- Zanimum 14:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmose I is GA!

Congratulations! I've asked Thanatosimii when the FA nom is coming, what do you think? :-) — Editor at Large(speak) 18:43, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

If you're ready, I am ready as well. I'll get on nominating that right away. Thanatosimii 01:18, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] After Ahmose I

Well, I had been giving that some thought. Recently I'd been trying to shape up some holes like the first intermediate period, but I do feel like shaping up another pharaoh. Somthing in me wants to go through the entire 18th dynasty and get them all FA, but I think that's just a little bit too big of a goal. Amenhotep I through Thutmose II look decent enough for the time being, so I think that I'd like to dig into Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Hatshepsut is close to FA as it is, and Thutmose III is so well documented that it shouldn't be too hard to find the information that is needed. I'm open to other suggestions too, the only problem being that I doubt that there's enough information on any king outside the Middle or New Kingdoms to really do a spectacular job. My vote is for Hatshepsut and/or Thutmose III. Are there any that you've had your eyes on, though? Thanatosimii 16:03, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Actually, Pepi II wouldn't be that hard to do, I don't think. My professor here has got me translating his officials' tombs for my Hieroglyphics class. They do seem to shed a fair amount of light on his reign, but they are very, very badly damaged. Of course, if they had to be referenced, I've got Breasted's translations, which are still good, if extremely old.
As for Ramses and the Exodus, I have a lot of experience and knowledge about that subject. Scholars throw downright hissy fits over that topic. It's one of the famous nasty arguments wherein two scholars won't speak to each other because of it, except to yell at each other at conferences. There's a guy (name escapes me) down at Trinity in Illinois who recently wrote a book supporting a literal exodus during Ramses. Kennith Kitchen supports it too. But there are some detractors, and hopefully I could put together a fair section of both the pros and cons (the cons supporting either a 1446 exodus or no exodus).
This is terrific wishful thinking, but someday if we could get the entire ancient Egypt section shaping up across the board, it might even give us enough inroads to straighten out Akhenaten... that speculative theory section seems to be checked now, but for a while it was spinning out of control. Oh, also, do you really think there's enough out there to write somthing on Khufu? My professor told me several years back that the information was extremely scant.
Anyhow, at the moment my attentions are (mostly) turned on Thutmose III. But I've been jumping around, and will basically write about anything when I find a good source on it. I've got several sources on Thut III right now, so if you see any big holes there which you can fill, feel free to do so. I'll look at Pepi II as well, and see if I can fill anything. Thanatosimii 17:50, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I think that your suggestion is good. Getting those four into shape would be a major accomplishment. If we really can do Khufu, that'd be achievement as well.
As for my college, I go to Northwestern College in Roseville, Minnesota (Not to be confused with Northwestern University)... actually, we've got a wiki page here: Northwestern College (Minnesota)... though the page is quite crummy. Anyhow, by some twist of fate, when the University of Minnesota dumped their Egyptology program, we got left with the best Ancient History department from here to the Oriental Institute in the University of Chicago. Then, when we picked up one of the first people to publish the dead sea scrolls and an old professor from the Oriental Institute, we basically got a program better than every college in minnesota combined. Unfortunatly, the college won't pay the bill to increase the library to somthing decent... I can't get JEA, and I only get JNES via the JSTOR program. It's a small backwater place here, but we do tend to catch people off guard when they hear about our historians.
Speaking of which, my professor of Egyptology was a student of Otto Schaden, so ever since KV 63 was announced, I've had an urge to work on his page. Unfortunatly, hearsay tales from my professor about his thesis advisor don't count as reputable sources, so do you have any idea about how to go about expanding such a page? I'm at a loss for ideas. Thanatosimii 20:19, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
I should probably note that my family will be rather busy with thanksgiving related things for a short time now, but after that's all done, I'll get down to work. I think it would be wise for you to take a look at Thutmose III right now and see what's glaringly missing and if you can fill it in. I've already done some work to his campaigning section as well as some family, dates, and architecture, but there are some big holes that still need patching and fresh eyes could help. While you look there, I could do somthing similar to Pepy II. I'll also outline what I think a good outline is for Thutmose III on its talk page. Thanatosimii 01:37, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ahmose I is FA!

! * ! * !

( ^ My thoughts upon hearing the news)

Congratulations! You and Thanatosimii deserve a boatload of barnstars for that article, but this will have to suffice :-)

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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar

For your amazing work on the article Ahmose I, which passed both GA and FA without a single oppose, I award you the Tireless Contributor barstar. Wear it with pride, for you most certainly deserved it! — Editor at Large(speak) 14:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Wow, my first barnstar! Thank you! (Will have to show this with pride on my main page!) Captmondo 14:18, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Valley of the Kings

Cheers for all your help, do you think that if we get the last few things sorted out, we should go for GA? What could we add that would make a bit difference in quality? Markh 10:33, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to go for GAC first as you said, and as there are no more peer review comments, other than yours. I will put this on the article today and see what happens. Cheers for all your help and suggestions. Markh 08:04, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Cheers for the feedback. I may take a rest on the article for now (I can think of at least 2 other articles that need a good bashing), and get someone to copyedit it after a quick review. Thanks again Markh 22:53, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Thutmose III

Yes, it's probably wise to take a look at somthing else while I'm engaged with other stuff. However, the death was in my extended family and more affects my mother than myself, so I won't be away too long. I've dug up some things on Pepi that I'm going to take a look at soon, so I'll probably be away from Thut III for a while, but I'll be back there within a couple of weeks. If you do run across anything helpful there, I have hit a wall, so to speak, on a couple of points, and it may be easier to proceed after someone with fresh eyes has done some editing. Thanatosimii 21:52, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Missing picture

Someone deleted the main picture for Pepi II. Do you know where to get another one? Thanatosimii 17:24, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh, you get to go to all the good photo-opps. I would be like a kid in a candyshop in that museum. Anyhow, the deaths in my family were of distant relations, and it's just been hectic with my grandmother living at home when I go back from college. But she's been much happier since the preacher spoke at my uncle's funeral, so I expect to remove that notice soon after I finish attending funeral engagements for my other relative, and everything should be back to normal. Thanatosimii 21:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Egypt

Hi!

Thanks for cleaning up the categories in Commons.

I've just read the latest few entries in your blog – I especially enjoyed the part about your visit to Berlin. Last time I was there the Wall was still standing and I saw only the Eastern part of it :) It's nice of you that you uploaded the Egypt-related photos to Commons; I've been looking looking for a good picture of Khaemwaset for a long time.

Anyway, I've been planning to join the Egyptology wikiproject here (and now it seems at last I have time to work on Egypt-related articles...) Can I just sign my name among the participants or is there some entry exam? :) I wrote only minor Egypt-related articles here but in Hungarian Wikipedia I've written Ramesses II's article, recently finished Nefertiti, wrote what I believe are the longest Wikipedia articles about the six Amarna princesses (linked from Nefertiti's) and working on Akhenaten's article as well. I'm planning to expand many of these articles here too now that most of the info is collected there.

Also, I'm dying to know how do those hieroglyph templates work? I mean the one where one writes ra-wsr-mAat-ra*stp:n and the hieroglyphs just appear in the article. Is there some page where I could learn how to write these? It's a much better solution than drawing all the glyphs in Paint and then uploading them as an image file...

cheers,

– Alensha talk 20:37, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the detailed answer! I'll try to use the hiero template in articles, though it still seems a bit difficult for me :) Have a very happy New Year! – Alensha talk 23:22, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ryholt, Neferefre, etc

Dear Captmondo, I'll see what I can do about the Kamose article and try to reduce the use of quoates like Ryholt says except when absolutely necessary as in my recent edits on Intef VIII. You are correct about my comments on Ryholt/Redford but they aren't really 'duelling' scholars just as Aidan Dodson and Ryholt are not rivals in my Antef VIII post. I try to present the evidence from both scholars and then follow the interpretation which makes the most sense. These scholars are professionals who don't despise each other in the mold of Kitchen vs. Rohl. I believe they truly respect each others' scholarship. On Kamose, I'm afraid his coffin is a stock (ie: non-royal coffin). Kamose must have died unexpectedly--presumably shortly after returning home from his second campaign against the Kushites. Aidan Dodson in a GM 120 (1991) article on the internal chronology of the 17th Dynasty specifically notes that the coffins of Intef VIII and Kamose "appear to be non-royal [which was] adapted to receive king's mummies." (GM 120, pp.33-38) Hence, they were coffins which the Theban priests held in "stock" in cases of emergencies where they had to to quickly bury the king if the latter died without preparing his own royal coffin in time. Also, a poster on king Intef VIII--not me--observes that this king's coffin lacks even a royal uraeus.

Anyway, I'm contacting you on another matter here. On the discussion/editing of 5th Dynasty article on Neferefre below, I notice an image you personally added from Wikipedia Commons for this ruler has been deleted by a later user. Isn't Wikipedia Commons a site where images can be downloaded without copyright difficulties. The picture must have been in the public domain for some time. Personally, I think your image of Neferefre SHOULD be posted on Wikipedia...unless there are copyright objections. However, the poster who deleted the image didn't mention that at all. The photo you uploaded was first rate, in my view. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neferefre&action=history

PS: Thank You for your excellent edits BTW, Can I ask you a personal question? Do you think Sanger's Citizendium project will get anywhere? I am suspicious that it an elitist project with professors' views having the final say which may be a problem since Professor A might have a different interpretation than Professor B. I prefer Wikipedia which allows differing interpretations of the facts as long as the conversation don't disintegrate into aliens created the pyramids or Egyptian chronology must be shifted by 300 years to suite someone's untenable ideas. Egyptology sometimes attracts many crackpots. Leoboudv 01:10, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Dear Captmondo, Its a pity that that we have no images of the funerary statue of Neferefre. That was an excellent photo of one of the most poorly known 5th Dynasty statues of this short-lived king!

On Citizendium, I understand that Mr. Sanger is trying to recruit frustrated Wikipedaian who have been worn out by endless wars of revisions or by the occurence of nonsensical (ie: crackpot) ideas on Wikipedia. But, there are many monitors such as yourself to get rid of this stuff. Somehow, I feel Citizendium will be a bit of a closed shop--like Encylopaedia Brittanica(EB). I like EB but unlike Wikipedia, you cannot view corrections to its articles until their next CD comes out--and that is if their reviewer catches them in the first place. At least with Wikipedia, there are thousands of eyes watching out for mistakes, rather than a small editorial committee or board who can't be expected to monitor everything. I don't know what the fee is to subscribe to EB's resources but it makes no sense (to me) to pay for it when I can visit my local Library to read its latest paper editions. With kind regards Leoboudv

[edit] Mummy head

Unfortunatly, The shabti head isn't a free image. I suggested the shabti the first time, but it was changed because they prefer to avoid using fair use images, apparently. I'd prefer it too... Thanatosimii 03:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Thutmose III isn't that far off. I'd agree with most of what you said, except I already have tried this highlited image of construction thing, and it's problematic because noone knows exactly what karnak looked like after he was done with it, or if they do, they aren't telling. I also think some space could be dedicated to the tombs of his officials. There's one particularly famous one, but I forget the name at the time.
In two weeks, I'm going to request a copy of A New Biography, which ought to illuminate some other parts of his reign like his art which still seem lacking to me. Besides that, I could see it going for FA within the near future. I think we should skip GA, since it's apparently not really all that prestigeous nor difficult to get, but instead, after we feel the article is complete, simply peer reveiw it, adress those concerns, get a copyedit, and then go straight for FA. Thanatosimii 19:53, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Well, the request for research idea was more of a request for people who have access to the kind of library needed to get ahold of it, more than to buy it. I agree, the price on that book is absurd. I do think we probably could arrange such a request page, although it would probably take Markh's skill with wikiformatting (I have never understood in the slightest how he manages to get any of those templates to work). Somthing which has our areas of most interest/expertise, key personal works in our libraries, things we could get ahold moderatly soon, and what we can't get but could use. That, I believe, would be helpful. Thanatosimii 21:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism of Thutmose III

A user with the log in Number 207.XX has been repeatedly vandalising Thutmose III's web page today. I wonder if he has vanadlising other Wikipedia articles too? Perhaps there is a way to prevent him from editing. He just ignored someone's attempt to revert his edits on this king and continues to vandalise the site. He should be warned and stopped from editing ASAP if possible. He gives Wikipedia a bad name. BTW, pls revert his "edits" about this king building nuclear plants and other nonsense. Leoboudv 21:03, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:Ahmose-shabti-head.png

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[edit] Egyptian chronology

Hi Keith. Sorry to contact you here but I have lost your E-mail address. Anyway, this is to let you know that Year 4 of Setnakhte is attested on a newly discovered stela. (see this story by Al-Ahram http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/hr1.htm ) This most likely gives 4 FULL years for Setnakhte, not 3 years as previously thought. So, the 20th Dynasty chronology is shifted forward by a year from Setnakhte to Ramesses VIII. I have done the changes here. Ramesses VIII's reign is unaffected since his reign was really short, either 1 or 2 years. (no one can tell!) You can access the image of the stela from the Al-Ahram web page by clicking on the photo for a clearer view. The enlarged picture does appear to show 4 vertical strokes after the Year sign at the upper right hand corner of the document--where one would expect it to appear. Since the Luxor monuments director--Mansour Borayek--says it reads as Year 4, it must be true since he has direct access to it; also, as you can clearly see, the stela is extremely well preserved. This is another case of a new discovery altering Egyptian chronology. Who knows what else lies in the sands of Egypt! BTW, Someone earlier tried to download the picture of the stela on Setnakhte's web page but I removed it since it's copyright likely belongs to Al-Ahram. Unfortunately, there isn't a single picture of this king's monument[s] on his web page at present. Regards, Leoboudv 04:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

The photo of Setnakhte is back again. Personally, I have no ojection at all to the posting of the photo--and it is an excellent photo of the stela. Before, there was not a single image of Setnakht on Wikipedia at all. The image is reposted under the "fair use" criteria. What does "fair use" mean? Secondly, if you are able to access and post images of the monuments of several Egyptian pharaohs, may I suggest several noteworthy royal candidates for which no pictures are available namely: Ramesses XI, Shoshenq I--a real surprise since he is one of the most important Dynasty 22 kings--and Ramesses IV. Ramesses IV ruled Egypt for slightly more than 6 years but he was not a mere non-entity. He had great plans for Egypt and continued his father's monumental building programs. He continued sending out quarrying expeditions to the Sinai where the Shasu are last mentioned in New Kingdom documents. It was after his reign that Egypt's decline started and insecurity plagued the Deir El-Medina workers. There was enough material on this king that AJ Peden wrote a nice compact 148 page biography on him titled "The Reign of Ramesses IV" in 1994.[4] Leoboudv 11:25, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Personal bibliograpy

I noted your list there.. It seems like you've got quite enough reading there to last you a while. I plan on getting a similar list up myself soon, I think, but I've been busy moving back into school.

On another note, Amenhotep I finally was reviewed and passed a GA nomination that I put it up for about a month ago, and I've got it up for a peer review now. How that goes may indicate whether or not shorter articles on lesser known figures could ever be raised to FA standards. It'd be good to get your input, or any other help you can give to the article. His cultural developments and his building projects sections seem a little weak still. Thanatosimii 05:33, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Amenemhet II

Do you know how to restore the prenomen of Amenemhet II, Nubkaure--in this king's info box. I've given up! It had a link to a web site dubbed 'petrie.acl' which I removed since it showed no useful data. I gave a more precise link from Clayton's book on the Egyptian Pharaohs. But the Prenomen data doesn't appear on his web page at present. Leoboudv 07:07, 17 January 2007 (UTC) or 24.87, etc

I fixed the problem. Thank You. Leoboudv 20:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

Dear Keith, I actually subscribe to the EEF Forum. The Forum moderator, Ayko Eyma, gives us the latest news bulletins on Ancient Egypt every Thursday. He also forwards us the latest news as well as Egyptological discussions every day. That was how I learned of the new discovery of Setnakht's stela. You should consider joining it since its free. I could tell you more in private if I hadn't lost your E-mail address. Here is its main web site: [5] PS: It is a Professional Forum. No Rohlist or NC ideas are allowed. Regards, Leoboudv 02:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Just to let you know that I have rewritten much of Amenhotep III and included all the latest scholarship on this great king. I'v also included original texts from both the Amarna letters and Egyptian documents on this king's one and only Year 5 campaign and on one of the commemorative scarabs. I think the article is as good as it gets with perhaps some needed additions on Amenhotep's monumental building program which is a bit brief here and maybe one or two more photos of this king's many monuments at Karnak. As for Thutmose IV, I'm afraid that he isn't my cup of tea. I primarily visited University last week to get information on Yuya, Amenhotep III and Ramesses IV and won't be back again for months. As I note, most of the information on Thutmose IV seems correct but is almost completely unreferenced. If you wish to improve it, I suggest, you consider reading Betsy Bryan's 1991 biography on him titled "The reign of Thutmose IV" by Johns Hopkins University. Bryan is a professional Egyptologist. I haven't had the time to write on Ramesses IV. Anyway, I hope you approve of my work on Amenhotep III. Regards, Leoboudv 05:35, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Dear Keith, I didn't know you visited the great Univ. of Toronto lucky you, though not as an Egyptologist. If there was something you could get for me, it would be a small part of Betsy Bryan's book on The Reign of Thutmose IV. I checked the Univ. of Toronto catalogue and it is currently listed as available at the Robarts Library, call number DT87 B78 1991. What I'm looking for is an overview or introduction for this king's reign--not something big like his monumental projects. Eric Cline & David O'Connor's book on Amenhotep III also had a nice short c.20 page overview of his reign. Since Bryan's book is small, you should be able to copy 2 pages on 9 by 12 letter sized paper. If you could copy and scan them to me, that would be fabulous and would settle the matter of the paper I sent you. That is all I ask. My shaw E-mail address is unchanged. With kind Regards, Fabian Leoboudv 22:46, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hello from your Ex-Permanent-House-Guest!

Well, this definitely seems to be the best place to say hello to you. I have taken the last few hours to put up my own page here, and have referenced some of your fantastic articles. I would welcome your advice at my talk page for my particular love, which is fast becoming "how we got to where we are today" from a dogmatic perspective. While not a pure atheist like you are (I maintain a complex spirituality), I reject all current dogma as restrictive; I would love to discuss with you the Egyptian elements that have been "borrowed" by other faiths and belief systems. I guess you could say my passion has become the historical and factual roots of existing religions, but stripping away "belief" in favour of "fact." I also know how much you love the Roman side of things (and we really need to go see the local coin collector next time you are in town). Drop me a line when you get a moment...Cheers...Absalom (4B54L0M) 06:39, 13 February 2007 (UTC)--

[edit] Ay

I have given crystal clear reasons to show that Tutankhamun was not killed by a blow to his head by Ay as Brier thought in his book. I also have cited my sources here. I doubt Egyptzo will accept this final word on the subject though. Pity. We don't know what killed Tut--other than perhaps a broken leg, poison or an infection--but it definitely wasn't a blow to his head! The bone fragments to Tut's head was post-mortem damage since it wasn't stuck in the embalming fluid. So, Hawass is right to state it was likely caused by Carter's careless examination of Tutankhamun's mummy. Anyway, Tut was a healthy man when he died; if Ay really wanted the throne he wouldn't have waited 9 long years to take it. PS: Brier is an anatomist and a good one--but he is not an Egyptologist. I wish Egyptzo notes this distinction. Leoboudv 02:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

The pictures you took are great. I hope you will upload a picture of the statue of Mentuhotep III since there is nothing on this king. The reason Ay killed Tut? Presumably to seize the throne because he couldn't manipulate the adult king Tutankhamun anymore as he could the child king. Bob Brier did a show 10-11 yrs ago on The Learning Channel with the same theory. see here: [6] See especially the review comments! It was all based on RG Harrison's mid-1960's X-ray scans of Tut's head which discovered bone fragments within the phaaroh's skull; hence, the theory of death due to a blow to the head. However, the latest CT scans by National Geographic show the bone fragments occured after Tut's death--this leaves Carter as the main culprit for damaging Tut's bones long after the embalming resins had hardened. I wish Egyptzo will accept this new evidence and leave it at that. Did you know Citizendium is now active--I just noticed yesterday? IMO, the main problem with Wikipedia is that there is way too much vandalism and trolls leaving stuff embedded within Wikipedia articles. And some of this nonsennse can last for days if not weeks until someone notices it! Leoboudv 22:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll try to include the excellent photo you took of Mentuhotep III in his article. Pls. check and see if it is done correctly when you have the time Leoboudv 19:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

A pharaoh info box for Mentuhotep III would only be worth it if we could find significant info--on his wives, titulary, etc. I'm afraid the only king of the 11th dynasty who warrants this special treatment would be Mentuhotep II who unified Egypt, changed his prenomen 2 to 3 times and ruled for 51 years!

I hope to read Erik Hornung's new book on Ancient Egyptian Chronology soon. If I can, I'll forward you some copies privately in the following weeks. Here are 2 links on the book: [7] and [8] The price is very high at more than $200 Cdn--as one would expect for an academic book destined for University libraries. It may be the new gold standard on Egyptian Chronology; all periods of Egyptian history are written by specialists. Karl Jansen-Winkeln will write the Third Intermediate Period portion. Hopefully it is all in English since I have been told Karl concludes--after much analysis--that Shoshenq II was a son of Shoshenq I partly because the only funerary objects from this king's intact burial to name a separate king all name only Shoshenq I. (The burial of Dynasty 21 and 22 kings frequently contain objects naming their parents--see the article on Takelot I which I mostly wrote) This is contra Kitchen's conventional view that Sh. II was the High Priest of Amun Shoshenq, son of Osorkon I and Queen Maatkare even though not a single object from Shoshenq II's tomb ever mentions Osorkon at all. It is an important book; its a pity pity the book was published after the Year 4 stela of Setnakht was found late last year! That's the great thing about Egyptian archaeology: you find new DATED documents, stelas and papyri under the desert sands or the ruins of Egyptian temples almost every year. The 14th year of Takelot III was found on a stela in 2004 or 2005 at Dakhla. Before this find, his highest date was only his Year 7. With Wikipedia, you can update the new discoveries within minutes but with major publications and journal articles, its too late. Zahi Hawass once estimated that only 30-40 percent of Egypt's monuments have been located; the rest are buried under the desert sands of Egypt or under the rubble of ancient Egyptian temples just waiting for someone to excavate them. Regards, Fabian Leoboudv 03:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pharaoh infobox sizes

Do you know why the pharaoh infoboxes for some Egyptian kings especially Smendes and Ramesses XI consume so much space compared to those for Ay or Ramesses VI. The first two occupy about 50 percent of the page which tends to severely 'cramp' or artificially compress the text beside it. Personally, I think the infoboxes for Ay and Ramesses VI is the ideal: it occupies perhaps 30-35% of the space and the text beside it is not that compressed. I sthere anything you can do to lessen the size of the pharaoh info boxes for Smendes and/or Ramesses XI? Just curious Leoboudv 02:23, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

On the pharaoh info-boxes, I guess that's the way it has to be then. I did see your comments on Ay and didn't know the source the anonymous IP'er was citing was fictitious. If what you say is true, the guy must be a hoaxter...unless of course this book has yet to be published. Since he/she has not replied to your comments, I'm assuming you are correct--the purported book is a probable hoax. Personally, I have no doubt about the conclusions of the NG team because they used the latest CT scan technology whereas RG Harrison only had a standard X-ray machine in the 1960's which could detect the bone fragments in Tut's skull but could not determine if they were not embedded in the embalmer's solidified liquid. While its unfortunate Harrison's work sparked a four decade long conspiracy theory about the circumstances of Tut's death, this is understandable due to the sudden death of Nibhururiya and the suspicious Dahamanzu episode as documented in the Hittite records.

One should note that Nibhururiya could either be a reference to Nebkheperure, Tutankhamun's prenomen or possibly to Neferkheperure, Akhenaten's royal name. I hope Reinhard Stempel's future GM 213 paper here will resolve the question about this pharaoh's identity once and for all. [9] IMO, the biggest problem with Nibhururiya being Tutankhamun is a matter of TIMING: Dahamanzu first writes to plead her case to Suppiluliuma I late in the autumn season (September/October) when the Hittite king was in the middle of besieging Carchemish. This tight time-frame would suggest the dead king is Akhenaten rather than Tutankhamun since wine from Akhenaten's royal estates was being bottled in the autumn when he died since a Year 17 wine label was actually erased to mark Year 1 of his successor's reign. I have seen William Moran's book on the Amarna correspondence and there are only 4 Hittite letters to the Egyptian court (EA 41-44): two are too fragmentary to read, one is from a Hittite prince Zitna to "the king of Egypt" while EA 41 is from Suppiluliuma himself to a certain pharaoh Huriya who could be Akhenaten, Tutankhamun, even Ankheperure Smenkhare. So, they are of no help in establishing this pharaoh's identity. In contrast, the Hittite records should prove who this dead king really was since Stempel is a highly competent German scholar who has published articles in various foreign philological journals on the Hittite language, etc. If it is Tut, then Stempel must have clear reasons for his conclusions here. Regards Leoboudv 05:20, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK nom on Reserve heads

Hello,

Thanks for creating article on Reserve heads. Just for your information, I have nominated a DYK on this article, by having the following hook.

  • ...that the Reserve heads (pictured), get the name from the prevalent theory put forward by a German Egyptologist that the head was to serve as an alternate home for the spirit of the dead owner should anything happen to its body?

Thanks, - KNM Talk 03:06, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Done! Makes lot of sense. Thank you! - KNM Talk 03:43, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Your images for king Narmer, the probable first ruler of a united Egypt, are excellent. I didn't know you could take so many photographs of items naming him. Regards, Leoboudv 06:28, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

for cathcing my error at Museum (TTC). Ground Zero | t 22:29, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On 5 April 2007, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article reserve head, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the "Did you know?" talk page.

--ALoan (Talk) 14:15, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merging articles

Can you merge or put a merge tag for the article on Malqata into the one with Malkata. They are the same place but many Egyptologists today spell it as Malkata. Also, the Malkata article, has an actual photo. The discussion on Malqata is interesting regards the archaeological history of this site which should be preserved in the pre-existing Malkata site. Right now its confusing when you have 2 names for this site with 2 mostly different content. Leoboudv 19:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

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