Talk:Ancient Egyptian technology

message: Great page. Also:
* furniture: (one of the) first evidence for stools, beds and tables comes from the ancient Egyptian tombs like Tut-ench-Amuns.
* pillar: first pillars when the ends of walls were separated from the west
* first monumental stone building (in Sakkhara)
* (one of the, if not the) first decimal system
There is actually quite a lot the Egyptians devised. It is only because these things are basic that today not everyone knows. Fine, that you keep attention on provinding sources. Keep up the good work. Gun Powder Ma 20:47, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  What the Egyptians invented, devised and improved 

message: Please list specific items in bullet list. J. D. Redding 01:32, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  These claims have been made ... may need a source, but this is not a weasel word. J. D. Redding 04:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  removing "reportedly" ... may need a reference later. J. D. Redding 04:12, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  Not a weasel word. There are question to the sophistication. J. D. Redding 04:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  Removed. Primarily to tighten the paragraph ... not because it's "weaselly".  J. D. Redding 23:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  Not a weasel word. Pointing out "who" may suffice though if there is a problem. J. D. Redding 04:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  Not a weasel word. Points out "who". J. D. Redding 04:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

text:  "Etc" isn't helpful. Please list them. Thanks. J. D. Redding 04:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: weasel words

message: Some sources are good to use, others not. From WP:RS:
*"Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. Sources should be appropriate to the claims made."
*"The material has been thoroughly vetted by the scholarly community. This means published in peer-reviewed sources, and reviewed and judged acceptable scholarship by the academic journals."
I'm concerned that home-brew websites, out of date publications, etc. are not appropriate and reliable, when reliable sources can easily be found at the local library. I provide a starter list below. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 05:35, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Appropriate Sources

message: Below are some of the sources I used for a paper on ancient Egyptian mining and minerals I did a few years ago, and should prove useful for this topic. Especially useful is Shaw's book. Jeff Dahl (Talk • contribs) 03:39, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Good sources to use on this topic 

message: I linked to lever. Please can we remove the explanation of how a lever works ? It is not well written: eg
Any rigid object that is used with an appropriate fulcrum or pivot point to multiply the mechanical force that can be applied to another object.
"Any rigid object." doesn't work as a sentence for me ! It seems to lack a verb and object.
--195.137.93.171 (talk) 14:48, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  levers 

message: ...and so does not belong in this article. If there must be "bullshit" in this article, I would prefer insane technology speculations because that is more relevant to the topic.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ehasl (talk • contribs) 18:15, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: True, it should stick to astronomy, and I wish someone would help with that!Doug Weller (talk) 18:40, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Astrology in the ancient world has nothing to do with the bullshit horoscopes you find in the newspapers' comic pages today. It was a very real science back in the ancient world, requiring a solid understanding of mathematics, complex computations and experimentations, and centuries of accurate astronomical observations. There was simply no distinction made between astrology and astronomy back then. Saying "astronomy is ok but astrology is bullshit" in an article about the ancient world science and technology makes as much sense as saying "engineering is ok but applied science is bullshit" in an article on modern-day science and technology. -- 65.39.12.130 (talk) 13:47, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Astrology is not technology... 

message: The Egyptians gradually developed a technology for building in wood and stone.Their technology included systematic standardized measures used in measured drawings,measuring devices such as rulers, rods and knotted cords, mathematics for making calculations, models, simple engines and machines such as levers, inclined planes, tools and devices such as the shaduf, noria, cranes, masts and booms, pulleys, wedges, hammers, saws, drills, chisels, planes, surveying devices such as the mekhert and bey, various cements, adhesives, abrasives, caulkings, coatings, paints, brushes, inscription grids, and schools to train scribes in reading, writing, calculation and project management as architects and engineers, cost estimators, accountants, draftsmen, overseers of the work, foremen, supervisors, and skilled laborers. 142.0.102.170 (talk) 12:32, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Construction techniques

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message: I feel like the Later Technology in Egypt section could use quite a bit of work, partly including citations on many of the facts shown. Ab6gc (talk) 17:12, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Citations 

message: It's amazing that metals, copper, gold, bronze, iron are almost entirely missing from this text. Where was ore mined (in Egypt or imported), where melted, forged into tools? Which metals are available is critical to the use of minerals such as limestone and granite. How could granite statues be made long before iron was around? Etc. Prehistory (in Europe) is defined by material as stone age, bronze age and iron age, so metals should be important here. --LA2 (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metals, minerals 

message: From about the beginning of the discussion of Egyptian ship-building, the article grows increasingly ungrammatical.  I suspect auto translation from another language may be the root cause. If time permits I will try to remedy the problem. yoyo (talk) 13:16, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copy-edit needed