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April 13, 2006	WikiProject peer review	Reviewed
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Section size for Egypt (51 sections)
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(Top)	23,392	23,392
Names	9,910	9,910
History	89	65,100
Prehistory and Ancient Egypt	8,061	8,061
Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt	2,767	2,767
Middle Ages (7th century – 1517)	4,171	4,171
Early modern period: Ottoman Egypt (1517–1867)	9,146	9,146
Sultanate and Kingdom of Egypt	8,510	8,510
Republican Egypt under Nasser (1952–1970)	1,095	1,095
Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak (1971–2011)	12,185	12,185
Revolution, political crisis and transition (2011–Present)	19,076	19,076
Geography	3,861	9,686
Climate	2,742	2,742
Biodiversity	3,083	3,083
Government	6,751	46,217
Military and foreign relations	16,228	16,228
Law	4,403	21,549
Human rights	15,010	15,010
Freedom of the press	2,136	2,136
Administrative divisions	1,689	1,689
Economy	9,982	21,444
Tourism	2,013	2,013
Energy	2,988	2,988
Transport	4,138	4,138
Water supply and sanitation	2,323	2,323
Demographics	5,951	35,347
Ethnic groups	2,236	2,236
Languages	2,200	2,200
Religion	14,738	14,738
Education	4,029	4,029
Health	4,087	4,087
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Culture	2,809	23,530
Arts	1,285	1,285
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Media	1,467	1,467
Cinema	3,633	3,633
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Dances	485	485
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Festivals	586	586
Cuisine	1,001	1,001
Sports	6,248	6,248
See also	108	108
Notes	26	26
References	30	30
External links	182	3,327
Government	877	877
History	370	370
Tourism	106	106
Maps	1,792	1,792
Total	238,117	238,117

Ignored Linear B, A name

The article only mentions the supposed origin for copt (it seems to have been originally for a cat), however the older attestation for Misr in that text from the same region is ignored a Linear B tablet also has Misr in it. d mi-sa-ra-jo (Misraios, also etymologically ‘man of Egypt’ [MiÒr] (KN F 841.4) (cf. SHELMERDINE 2008, §5.4.2.2, BENNET, J. 1985, The Structure of the Linear B Administration at Knossos, AJA 89, 231-49), not to mention it is likely older "(misr), more commonly found in Akkadian and Ugaritic documents from Syro-Palestine and Mesopotamia (Cline 1993: 18). Mis-sa-ra-jo appears on Knossos tablet KN F 841+867, possibly used as a man’s name, which Cline believes was meant to be pronounced as Misraios (Cline 1994: 128).

And undounbtedly older still its attestation as Misr in Linear A (CH # 333, A1) (Best & Woudhuizen 1988: 50-51; most recently and comprehensively Achterberge.a. 2004: 104; Landau 1958: 270. Cf. Luwian hieroglyphic Mizra “Egypt” (Karkamis A6, § 4), see Woudhuizen 2015a: 280 and the composite personal name Mizramuwas) in the oldest dated Minoan Tablet.

Further references for Misr in Linear texts https://www.jstor.org/stable/3853586

https://books.google.com/books?id=7KemAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT133&lpg=PT133&dq=misraios+linear&source=bl&ots=Zxoo0-1hY7&sig=ACfU3U2maplXzvLYndDdT400MVDR6Cx4fQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjczsnlmOzxAhUUOs0KHbFVBHoQ6AEwEHoECBQQAw#v=onepage&q=misraios%20&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=VOsUAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=%22mi-sa-ra-jo%22&source=bl&ots=GqJzZXqicW&sig=ACfU3U2ehtSiZWXcs0q-eRcrhcZQTE_wmw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjlj8e8mOzxAhX8B50JHetUApQQ6AEwBHoECAoQAw#v=onepage&q=%22mi-sa-ra-jo%22&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=EHu-DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT1213&lpg=PT1213&dq=linear+A+museum+tablet+misraios&source=bl&ots=SK7P7ajcNZ&sig=ACfU3U1uKklU43-uagxpqBBp8JqSKIwuXA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjngKDKpuzxAhXLZc0KHbcVArYQ6AEwB3oECBYQAw#v=onepage&q=linear%20A%20museum%20tablet%20misraios&f=false

http://www.palaeolexicon.com/Word/Show/26969

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4433744?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.academia.edu/1547735/Politics_of_the_sea_in_the_Late_Bronze_Age_II_III_Aegean_Iconographic_preferences_and_textual_perspectives

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/memories-into-images-aegean-and-aegeanlike-objects-in-new-kingdom-egyptian-theban-tombs/73A212AC959151082FCCF4022403D540

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 20 June 2024

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172.103.185.101 (talk) 13:45, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but that was the mistake of Gamal Abdel Nasser many Egyptians do not consider themselves Arab. 172.103.185.101 (talk) 01:10, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok 172.103.185.101 (talk) 17:48, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I want to change the name from Arab Republic of Egypt to Republic of Egypt as Egypt is NOT Arab.

Not done: The Arab Republic of Egypt is the country's official name. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 14:29, 20 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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May I please have access to edit the Wikipedia Page "Egypt" 172.103.185.101 (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone may add them for you. Shadow311 (talk) 01:48, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Could you add the link for Information and Decision Support Center in the External links instead of archived link in 1998 at (Government) links? Malaysian Schedules (talk) 18:07, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done... - Adolphus79 (talk) 18:15, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

etymology of the word "Egypt"

A part refrencing "ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ" being the word from which "Egypt" comes from should be added to this article. Hexonite (talk) 00:24, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Remsense ‥ 论 00:26, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This article, Egypt, has a section specifically talking about the names of the country and also goes in-depth into each of the names' etymologies.

I was referring to a part in which it speaks about Strabo's folk etymology and saying it should also be mentioned that ḥwt-kꜣ-ptḥ might also be the origin of this word. Hexonite (talk) 00:41, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do you happen to have a source? Remsense ‥ 论 00:43, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

https://www.jacobusvandijk.nl/docs/Ptah.pdf in the first page, "and the name of his temple—Ḥwt-kꜣ-Ptḥ ("The temple of ka of Ptah")—became the name of the city of Memphis and ultimately of the whole country ( Hikupta > Gr. Aigyptos, "Egypt")."

The source is by Jacobus van Dijk, and was edited by Donald B. Redford, both Egyptologists. Hexonite (talk) 10:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Or I mean the second since the first one is the introduction Hexonite (talk) 10:48, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

hyperlink to "Israel"

In describing the countries that Egypt borders, the hyperlink for Israel, and only Israel was removed. This is obviously anti-Israel bias and is inappropriate. They hyperlink should be restored. 75.168.207.230 (talk) 06:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Libya and Sudan were also not linked, so put your outrage aside. Largoplazo (talk) 11:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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"In the elections of June 2014 El-Sisi won with a percentage of 96.1%"

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"In the elections of June 2014 El-Sisi won with a percentage of 96.1%" Inktaap (talk) 18:45, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done He hadn't been mentioned since the lead, it needed his full name there too. Largoplazo (talk) 19:12, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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There are also more than three million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Libya, Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe.

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There are also more than three million Egyptians working abroad, mainly in Libya, Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf and Europe. Inktaap (talk) 19:23, 10 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]