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[edit] Captmondo

An early 40's-ish guy living in The Beaches area of Toronto.

I work as an Manager at a certain graphics card/CPU company, and am a published author for four computer-oriented titles (mostly from the early Internet era) and lecturer at the Professional Learning Centre at the University of Toronto. For what it's worth, I hold degrees in English and Psychology, and a Masters of Public Administration, all from Queen's University, Kingston. Other than a brief stint with the Federal government in the early 90s, have worked primarily in the technology sector since then. I worked on one of the early commercial Web sites for Delrina back in 1994, wrote a couple of books on HTML and then another two on CSS.

I am a regular contributor on articles relating to the subject of Ancient Egypt, which has long been a hobby of mine.

I am also interested in radio, Astronomy, and History specifically Canadian, Torontonian, Roman, British and British Commonwealth, as well as the history of language and science, and probably some other ones as well.

Am also avid photographer and like making additions to Wikimedia Commons. My main camera is an Olympus Evolt 510, with a point-and-shoot Olympus Stylus 710 as my backup. Whenever I go on business trips, if there is something I can take a few pics of in order to help illustrate an article for Wikipedia, I'll bring my camera along and deliberately take a few photos in order to help out. A gallery of the images I have shot and uploaded can be found here: [1]. Chances are that if I am not making contributions here in the English Wikipedia, I am working on something in Wikimedia Commons.

Am married and have two kids, six budgies, two cats, and a dog. If you *really* want to learn more about me, see my blog at http://www.captmondo.com/.

[edit] Edit stats rant

For what it's worth, I think edits as a metric is over-rated on Wikipedia, and would much rather see something on "content added". In my time here I have seen the smallest of edits added, reverted, regional spellings changed despite guidance not to do so, reverted again, bad grammar replacing something that was fine to begin with. And somewhere, someone has gotten an edit credit for doing all of this. Anybody can edit, but not everyone can or does add content, and that is where the real focus ought to be IMHO. ;-)

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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)

The Original Barnstar

The Original Barnstar
In recognition of your hard work on ancient Egypt I award you this barnstar! You deserve it, and thanks for tackling a big project. Jeff Dahl 20:20, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ancient Egyptian bibliography

These are the source materials I have readily at hand from my personal library. Since I often reference this material in the articles, it makes some sense to have it all in one place. It also means I don't have to re-type my references to the full each and every time. ;-)

  • Adams, Barbara and Ciałowicz, Krzysztof M. Protodynastic Egypt. Shire Egyptology. 1988. ISBN 0-7478-0357-9
  • Adkins, Lesley and Roy, The Keys to Egypt: The Obsession to Decipher Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Harper Collins. 2000. ISBN
  • Amenta, Alessia (Ed.) The Treasures of Ancient Egypt: From the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Rizzoli Art Guides. 2003. ISBN 0641777329
  • Berman, Lawrence, Freed, Rita E., and Doxey, Denise. Arts of Ancient Egypt. Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 2003. ISBN 0878466614
  • Booth, Charlotte. The Hyksos Period in Egypt. Shire Egyptology. 2005. ISBN 0-7478-0638-1
  • Brier, Bob. Egyptian Mummies: Unraveling the Secrets of an Ancient Art. William Morrow and Company, Inc. ISBN 0-688-10272-7
  • Carter, Howard. The Tomb of Tutankhamen. Excalibur Books. 1972. 0-525-70101-X
  • Clayton, Peter A. Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-28628-0
  • David, Dr. Rosalie. Mysteries of the Mummies: The Story of the Manchester University Investigation. Cassell London. 1978. ISBN 0-304-30233-3
  • Davies, W. V. Egyptian Hieroglyphics: Reading the Past. University of California Press. 1997. ISBN 0-520-06287-6
  • Dodson, Aidan. Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs. Shire Egyptology. 1991. ISBN 9-780747-801283
  • Dodson, Aidan and Hilton, Dyan. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3
  • Fazzini, Richard A., Romano, James F., and Cody, Madeleine E. Art for Eternity: Masterworks from Ancient Egypt. Brooklyn Museum of Art. 1999. ISBN 0-87273-139-1
  • Forbes, Dennis C. Tombs, Treasures, Mummies: Seven Great Discoveries of Egyptian Archaeology. KMT Communications, Inc. 1998. ISBN 1-879388-00-7
  • Hamilton-Paterson, James and Andrews, Carol. Mummies: Death and Life in Ancient Egypt. Penguin Books Ltd. 1978. ISBN 0-1400-5266-6
  • Harris, James E., Weeks, Kent R. X-raying the Pharaohs. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1973. SBN 684-13016-5
  • Hawass, Zahi. Valley of the Golden Mummies. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2000. ISBN 0-8109-3942-8
  • Hutchinson, Warner. Ancient Egypt: Three Thousand Years of Splendor. Grosset and Dunlap. 1978. ISBN 0-448-16350-0
  • Jackson, Kevin. Stamp. Jonathan. Building the Great Pyramid. Firefly Books. 2003. 1-55297-719-6
  • Johnston, Paul. The Civilization of Ancient Egypt. Weidenfield and Nicolson. 1999. ISBN 0-297-82464-3
  • Malek, Jaromir. In the Shadow of the Pyramids: Egypt During the Old Kingdom. The American University in Cairo Press. 1986. ISBN 977-424-1871
  • Oakes, Lorna. Gahlin, Lucia. Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs. Hermes House. 2002. ISBN 1-84477-008-7
  • O'Neill, John P. Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids. Yale University Press. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1999. ISBN 0-87099-907-9
  • O'Neill, John P., Ed. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Egypt and the Ancient Near East. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2005. ISBN 0-300-09837-5
  • Quirke, Stephen. The Cult of Ra: Sun-Worship in Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2001. ISBN 0-500-05107-0
  • Reeves, Nicholas. Akhenaten: Egypt's False Prophet. Thames & Hudson. 2005. ISBN 0-500-285527
  • Reeves, Nicholas. The Complete Tutankhamun. Thames & Hudson. 1990. ISBN 0-500-27810-5
  • Reeves, Nicholas. Wilkinson, Richard H. The Complete Valley of the Kings. Thames & Hudon. 1997. (Reprint) ISBN 0-500-05080-5
  • Roehrig, Catherine H., Ed. Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2005. ISBN 1-58839-173-6
  • Romer, John. Ancient Lives: The Story of the Pharaohs' Tombmakers. Phoenix Press. 1984. ISBN 1-84212-044-1
  • Russmann, Edna R. Eternal Egypt: Masterpieces from the British Museum. University of California Press. 2001. ISBN 1-885444-19-2
  • Schultz, Regine. Seidel, Matthias. (Eds.) Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs. Könemann. 1998. ISBN 3-8331-1104-6
  • Shaw, Ian. Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. 2004. ISBN 0-19-285419-4
  • Shaw, Ian. The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. 2000. ISBN 0-19-280458-8
  • Shaw, Ian and Nicholson, Paul. The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-8109-9096-2
  • Siliotti, Alberto. Guide to the Valley of the Kings and to the Theban Necropolises and Temples. A.A. Gaddis & Sons. 1996.
  • Smith, G Elliot The Royal Mummies. Duckworth Egyptology. 2000 (Reprint from original 1912 edition). ISBN 0-7156-2959-X
  • Tyldesley, Joyce. Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. Thames & Hudson. 2006. ISBN 0-500-05145-3
  • Thurston, Harry. Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt's Everlasting Oasis. Doubleday Canada. 2003. ISBN 0-385-25969-7
  • Uphill, Eric P. Egyptian Towns and Cities. Shire Egyptology. 2001. ISBN 0-85263-939-2
  • Walker, Susan. (Ed.) Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth. The Trustees of the British Museum. 2001. ISBN 0-7141-1943-1
  • Weeks, Kent R. The Lost Tomb: The Greatest Discovery at the Valley of the Kings Since Tutankhamun. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 1998. ISBN 0-297-81847-3
  • Wildung, Dietrich. Egyptian Art in Berlin: Masterpieces in the Bodemuseum and in Charlottenburg. Verlag Philipp von Zaber. 1996. ISBN 3-8053-1631-3
  • Wilson, Penelope. Sacred Signs: Hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt. Oxford University Press. 2003. ISBN 0-19-280299-2

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As for the username: I created a fictional superhero by that name for a bunch of radio comedy spots I did for CFRC back in the late 1980s, and adopted it for personal use since that time. ;-)