Talk:Egyptology

message: I defined this article as a stub today. It should contain more about the subject, at least a presentation of the most important and best known egyptologists, and the different areas and topics of ongoing resarch. It should perhaps also contain a section on the history of egyptology. I am merely an interested layman in the field, but it seems unlikely that someone with a better grip on the subject matter, for instance the person or persons behind the portal to egyptology, should not be able to make this article into a real introduction to the subject. One of the objectives of this article should be to get more people interested in its subject. --Thorsen 09:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stub

message: Can anyone explain what the [s]above[/s] deleted sections have to do with Egyptology? If not, then I will report them as vandalism. Cheers Markh 11:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Mark, I deleted them as  is spamming them or something very like them to several talk pages. Check his contributions list; I'm getting rid of the rambles if you want to deal with the reporting. -- nae'blis (talk) 18:25, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent edits

message: * Literature: Were Egyptian hieroglyphs the first written language? Why did the Egyptians use hieroglyphs?
* Literature: Why were hieroglyphs forgotten? 
* Literature: Was the Story of Sinuhe a myth or real? If it was real, did Sinuhe abandon his duty or was he a hero?
* Customs: Who were the Egyptian priests and magicians? What kind of magic and spells did they use?
* Geography: Where was the land of Punt? Why was it referred to as "God's Land"? 
* Geography: Was Alashiya the island Cyprus?
* Geography: Where was the area of Yam?
* History: Did the "Nubian Dark Age" really occur in the Twenty-fifth dynasty of Egypt?
* History: Was the First Intermediate Period of Egypt really a Dark Age?
* History: Who was the victor at the Battle of Kadesh?
* History: Why did Plato write about Atlantis as described by Sonchis, Egyptian priest of Thebes? Who was Solon and why did he visit Egypt? Did Solon meet Sonchis or is it a fable?
* History: Why were there Minoan paintings in Avaris? What was the relationship between Minoan civilization and Egyptian civilization?
* Methods: How did the Egyptians shape, form, and work granite? 
* Methods: When did Egyptians start producing glass?
* Methods: Why is there not a neat progression to an Egyptian iron age? Why did the Egyptians take so long to utilize iron? 
* Methods: Were the Egyptians capable of long distant navigation in their boats? When did they become knowledgeable seamen?
* Knowledge: Did Egyptians have some form of understanding of electricity? Did the Egyptians use batteries? What is the relief at Dendera?
* Knowledge: What does the  Tulli Papyrus describe? Did it come from the reign of Thutmosis III?
* Persona: Was Joseph the vizier to Amenhotep III? If so, was he in fact Vizier Yuya, or Osarseph?  Were Yuya, Osarseph, and Joseph all the same person?
* Persona: Is there a connection between Moses and Akhenaten (see Osarseph)?  Could Akhenaten have been Moses himself, or perhaps Yehoshua?
* Persona: Who was Labaya? Was he a biblical figure (such as Saul)?
* Persona: What Pharaoh gave Solomon his daughter to marry?  Was it Shishanq I, or perhaps Psusennes II?
* Event: Was the Exodus of the Israelites mythological or historical? If it was historical, under which Pharaoh did it occur? How many Hebrews were in Egypt? How many left in the Exodus?  600 families or 600,000 people?  Was it in fact the Shasu exodus from Sinai to Arabia and then Canaan at the end of the reign of Ramses I, or was it based on the Hyksos expulsion?  Was the pharaoh of the Exodus Dudimose, a Hyksos pharaoh, Ahmose I, Djehutymes III, Amenhotep II, Amenhotep III, Ramses I, Ramses II, Merneptah, or perhaps an unsuggested pharaoh?
* Event: Was King Solomon involved in Egyptian religious practices, such as Atenism?
* Customs: Why did the Egyptians mummify the deceased? When did the process of mummification originate? How was the "Myth of Osiris" tied to mummification?
* Customs: Were there human sacrifices at royal tombs, or is this just blood libel? 
* Customs: What was the meaning of the royal boats at Abydos?
* Customs: Where are the Apis bull burials?
* Tomb: Where is the royal tomb of Amenhotep I? Why was Amenhotep's body moved? 
* Tomb: Who are the individuals that are buried at Qurneh? 
* Tomb: Was the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II founded by Amenhotep II?
* Tomb: Where are the Third Intermediate Dynasty tombs at Tanis?
* Pyramids: What were the origins of the Egyptian pyramids? When and where was the concept of pyramids conceived? What were the pyramids used for? How were the pyramids built? When and why did the era of pyramid building end?
* Pyramids: Why did Snofru build multiple pyramids? Are the "proper" pyramids (like the Red Pyramid) really his?
* Pyramids: Does Abydos contain the last royal pyramids? Why was it built? Why does it have a pyramid? 
* Temples: How old is the Sphinx? Does the Sphinx date to the predynastic period or the Old Kingdom? What was the purpose of the Sphinx?  Which pharaoh was the Sphinx meant to resemble?  Was it built by Khufu, Djedefra, or in fact Khafra?
* Temples : Was the Labyrinth at Heracleopolis a myth or real?
* Temples : Who built the Osireion at Abydos?
* Temples : Is the Hall of Records real? If so, where is it? Is it under the Great Pyramid? Is it under the Sphinx?
* Persona: Was King Khufu (Cheops) a good ruler or a tyrant, as later tradition described him?
* Persona: Where is the body of Akhenaten? Was Akhenaten killed or exiled? What did Akhenaten believe?  Did Aten have a connection with Adonai, Yahweh, or Elohim?
* Persona: Who was Tutankhamun?  How did Tutankhamun die?  Was he son of Akhenaten?  Was he really son of Kiya, or could he have been son of Nefertiti?
* Persona: What happened to Hatshepsut? Was Senenmut the lover of Hatshepsut?
* Persona: Was Khababash of the Thirtieth dynasty of Egypt a proper Pharaoh? Where did Khababash come from?
* Customs: Was the Pharaoh really seen as a god or the position he held just viewed as divine?
* Event: What kind of reign was Pharaoh Smendes I's rule? Was Egypt split during his governance?
* Event: Did Ramesses III defend Egypt against the Sea People because they were invading or were they people fleeing to Egypt in the middle of a war?
* Event: Was Ramesses III assassinated?
* Event: Was Amenemhat I assassinated?
* Event: What happened to Nefertiti? What caused the disappearance of Nefertiti?  Was Nefertiti Smenkhkare?  Did Nefertiti ever rule Egypt alone?
* Event: Did Necho II really send out an expedition which sailed from the Red Sea around Africa back to the mouth of the Nile?
*History: Where did the Egyptians come from? What did the Egyptians know of their own history? 
*History: What was the origin of the Hyksos? Who were their first leaders?
01:13, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Stuff to work in

message: * Knowledge:  What was the Saqqara Bird?
**Just completed a major article overhaul. It still needs work, obviously, but is somewhat less sketchtastic now. Addition of cites please? Anybody? Zhukora (talk) 23:39, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stuff to Work In--Worked On 

message: There seems to some confusion here. The article should be about the discipline of Egyptology, not about Ancient Egypt (that is, although it should describe what sorts of things Egyptology studies, it stops there and doesn't start to discuss them).Doug Weller (talk) 07:30, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scope of this article 

message: I have A LOT to say about this, but dont have time right now,will do it later. Basically I want to point out at the statement saying it is a branch of archaeology - how can that be - archaeology is a science while egyptology is like an amateur hobby -lingering close to pseudo science -why do I say that? Well because egyptology is exclusively made up of guess work and assumptions - a discipline made up of just assumptions and guesses is no science and can't really be taken seriously. I say all this because Egyptology is illiterate in the sciences of astronomy and geology, which as many scientists and historians in the world know can prove or disprove any of the assumptions that the Egyptologist makes. Egyptology doesnt use astronomy and geology, making the discipline ultimately close to useless, Egyptology should be seen as a guideline for archaeology while using astronomy and geology!! The most important example here is the dating of the pyramids. Egyptology asserts the given date (by assumptions and guesswork, ignoring astronomers and geologist), while real scientists such as geologist and astronomers point out that they are far, far older (with proper, real evidence - which automatically gains more respect than egyptologists' claims, as the evidence by geologists and astronomers is based on real, factual science).
Many, many, many people are aware of this, but this doesn't get mentioned a lot, why? I think this is completely ridiculous. Egyptology is given far more respect and acknowledgment than it really deserves, as a matter of fact, by understanding what I said above, you will see it deserves close to none.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.132.48.180 (talk) 11:55, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Handy tl;dr summary: Egyptology is bunk, Pyramidology is real science! --Florian Blaschke (talk) 13:01, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Egyptology is not a serious discipline 

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