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Section sizes

Section size for Egypt (51 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	16,800	16,800
Names	9,897	9,897
History	89	65,047
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)	1,100	1,100
Egypt under Sadat and Mubarak (1971–2011)	12,145	12,145
Revolution, political crisis and transition (2011–Present)	19,058	19,058
Geography	3,861	10,930
Climate	3,986	3,986
Biodiversity	3,083	3,083
Government	6,751	46,173
Military and foreign relations	16,204	16,204
Law	4,403	21,529
Human rights	14,990	14,990
Freedom of the press	2,136	2,136
Administrative divisions	1,689	1,689
Economy	9,943	21,405
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	35,625
Ethnic groups	2,236	2,236
Languages	2,200	2,200
Religion	15,047	15,047
Education	4,029	4,029
Health	4,061	4,061
Largest cities	2,101	2,101
Culture	2,809	23,529
Arts	1,284	1,284
Literature	2,512	2,512
Media	1,467	1,467
Cinema	3,633	3,633
Music	1,276	1,276
Dances	485	485
Museums	2,228	2,228
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	3,281
Government	877	877
History	370	370
Tourism	106	106
Maps	1,746	1,746
Total	232,851	232,851

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

Suggestion for section on science and technology

Hi, just a suggestion, many country articles have sections or subsections for 'science and technology', this could be a section on this article as well.

Thanks

John Cummings (talk) 11:36, 3 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 21 October 2021

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I really wanna reedit Egypt, I have grown up in Egypt and a lot of the information is incorrect. thank you. Woohoo432 (talk) 16:17, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin or to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting admin is not active or has declined the request. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:26, 21 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 29 November 2021

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In paragraph 4 it is stated that Egypt is the 13th most populous county in the world, while in the info bar it is stated that it is the 15th most populous. these are both incorrect, as Egypt is in fact the 14th most populous country in the world. FALGSC (talk) 06:33, 29 November 2021 (UTC) ^[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by FALGSC (talk • contribs) 05:39, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. – AssumeGoodWraith (talk | contribs) 08:59, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. The population figures on that site are projections. Populations shown for the Most Populous Countries and on the world map are projected to July 1, 2021. The populations displayed on the clock are not intended to imply that the population of the world is known to the last person. Rather, the clock is the Census Bureau's estimate of the world population size and an indication of how fast it is growing. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 21:37, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have already provided sources, or rather, a link to an article with all of the relevant sources. In any case, the fact that the article is internally inconsistent should be grounds for someone to edit the article on its own. — Preceding unsigned comment added by FALGSC (talk • contribs) 20:38, 4 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done This isn't actually referenced in the article anywhere which isn't ideal but it's better to correct the internal consistency than any of the other options I found (such as removing the info all together, which would put this article out of line with most articles we have on countries). Elli (talk | contribs) 21:30, 5 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Feel free to check the sources on this article". Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

Nomination for deletion of "Template:Largest cities of Egypt"

Template:Largest cities of Egypt has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. --Triggerhippie4 (talk) 10:03, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Demographics

If 99% of Egypt’s population are ethnic Egyptians how does that work when the same article states that 5 million Sudanese immigrants which would reduce at least 5% of the so called ethnic Egyptians 169.255.185.210 (talk) 08:05, 11 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 16 December 2021

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I wanted to add a link to another useful country page/history timeline for Egypt at the bottom below the citations Jorrocks1981 (talk) 13:38, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "Feel free to check the sources on this article". Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

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