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This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Knowledge (XXG) 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
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By whose standards? And what is the evidence that the Egyptian art was totally unrealistic? No sources are given, thus the statement in the Knowledge (XXG) article is speculation and subjective and not an academically sound insertion into a Knowledge (XXG) article.
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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)
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Better: Some Egyptian art was based on real life people and experiences, while as occurs in Art in all nations, some art is based on mythology, fantasy, future objectives.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Anyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Knowledge (XXG), but if you believe it needs to be done . . .
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