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Infobox for describing a hieroglyphic character

((Template:Hiero | [Word] | [Hieroglyphs] | align=center | era=default))
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[Word] in hieroglyphs
[Hieroglyphs]

Template for general hieroglyphs.

[Hieroglyphs] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].

((Template:Hiero/serekh | name=[name] | horus=[horus] | align=center | era=default))
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[horus]

[name]
in hieroglyphs

Template for Horus names contained in a serekh.

[horus] should be typed in <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].

((Template:Hiero/1cartouche | name=[name] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default))
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[nomen]

nomen or birth name

[name]
in hieroglyphs

Template for a name contained in a cartouche.

[nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].

[praenomen]

praenomen or throne name

[nomen]

nomen or birth name

[name]
in hieroglyphs

Template for praenomen and nomen, both contained in cartouches.

[praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].

[horus]

serekh or Horus name

[praenomen]

praenomen or throne name

[nomen]

nomen or birth name

[name]
in hieroglyphs

Template for Horus name, praenomen and nomen.

[horus], [praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme — see Template talk:Hiero ].

((Template:Hiero/5Fold | name=[name] | nomen=[nomen] | align=center | era=default))
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(({horus))}

serekh or Horus name

(({nebty))}

Nebty name

(({goldenhorus))}

Golden Horus name

(({praenomen))}

praenomen or throne name

(({nomen))}

nomen or birth name

(({name))}
in hieroglyphs

Template for the full Fivefold Titulary, including standard titles.

[horus], [nebty], [goldenhorus], [praenomen] and [nomen] should be typed with <hiero>...</hiero> tags - see Help:WikiHiero syntax; align=[left, center or right] and era=[sets the colour scheme - see Template talk:Hiero ].

((Template:Egyptian Location | location=[Location Name]|Left=[Left Offset] |Top=[Top Offset]))

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Location

Template for Egyptian location

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WikiProject Ancient Egypt to-do list:

Needed articles.

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.