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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.
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.
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)
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.
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I'll probably just strike my own comments here as I resolve issues, and leave more comments as I uncover new ones.
I am working without (at present) access to The Excavations at Kadesh-Barnea edited by Rudolph Cohen (1981). That work contains contributions by multiple authors that appear important. If anyone has access, they could probably help quite a bit.
Quseima does not have a Wikipedia article, and I would like a bit more information on it. Perhaps I'll find some.
I need to clarify the relationship between Tell el-Qudeirat, Wadi el-Qudeirat, Ain el-Qudeirat, and Jebel el-Qudeirat. I suspect that the Tell and the Jebel are one and the same. I know what a Wadi is, and that there is one near the Tell, but I wish I knew of a map I could link to in a footnote. It sounds almost like the Tell and the Ain are synonyms, but I think I saw a source that distinguishes them. Argh!
I need to clarify what Mordechai Haiman (see the citation) means by "Negev Highlands". He and other authors view El Qudeirat as being part of a class of ancient settlements in the "Negev Highlands", although I'm not yet sure just what is included in that phrase. The Wikipedia article Negev refers to a region in Israel, but Tell el-Qudeirat is in Egypt, so I'm not linking out to the Negev article at the moment until I have a clearer picture of the Negev Highlands.
A quick search hasn't yet revealed a Wikipedia article on Iron Age II that I can link to. I'm hoping that there's a well-accepted definition of Iron Age II that I can use in the article. Alephb (talk) 21:18, 7 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Alephb, "Tell" means "ruin," "Wadi" means "gulch; "gully; riverine brook; valley," "Ain" means "spring; well" (i.e. where there is water), and "Jebel" means "mountain." I do not have access to the book that you cited, but when I go the next time (perhaps after our holidays) to the Hebrew University library in Jerusalem, I'd be more than glad to check these sources.Davidbena (talk) 18:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
One more thing: "Negev" is a Hebrew word for "South," or "South country". So, "Negev Highlands" simply means "Southern Highlands," the region of the country between Sinai and Israel proper. Perhaps it is so-called because of higher elevations in relation to the other areas of the Negev.Davidbena (talk) 18:45, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I know tell means hill, at least in Arabic, so it's plausible that Tell and Jebel el Qudeirat are one and the same.
@Alephb: Is this the book you mean? If so, I can send you a PDF copy if you email me. – Joe (talk) 19:17, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, the map on pg. 2 of that book clarifies all the toponyms you mention: Wadi el-Qudeirat is a stream fed by the Ain el-Qudeirat, and cuts south of the Jebel el-Qudeirat (a mountain). Tell el-Qudeirat is located between the bottom of the mountain slope and the north bank of the wadi, about 1.5 km downstream of the spring. – Joe (talk) 19:29, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not recalling he source at the moment, but I saw what appeared to be a photo of the fortress of Tell el-Qudeirat with the captain "the fortress at Jebel el-Qudeirat." But it sounds like Joe's map clears that up.
Davidbena, part of the reason for my confusion was that I was aware of the meanings of "tell" and "ain", but in this case it seemed like scholars were using Tell el-Qudeirat and Ain el-Qudeirat as synonyms. One scholar would say that "Everyone agrees Kadesh-barnea was at Tell el-Qudeirat", and then some other scholar would say, "It is generally agreed that Kadesh-barnea was at Ain el-Qudeirat." Alephb (talk) 21:18, 8 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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