Talk:Egypt

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Ignored Linear B, A name

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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

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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]]''' (talkcontribs) 14:29, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Update "In 2008, Egypt was estimated to have two million African refugees, including over 20,000 Sudanese nationals registered with UNHCR as refugees fleeing armed conflict or asylum seekers." to "By October 2023, Egypt was reported to host around 756,000 refugees and asylum-seekers from 62 different countries, with Sudanese making up the largest group, followed by Syrians" Cited source: "Refugee Context in Egypt". UNHCR. Retrieved 2024-09-14. Sp1dey💬 15:41, 14 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

A closer look at the source might be needed. It says that Sudanese was the largest group by October 2023, but it doesn't say when the refugee numbers were counted. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 03:42, 11 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
I'm going to mark this as answered pending clarification of the source. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 19:04, 23 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

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Exodus from Egypt, as told in the bible , should be mentioned. 77.127.2.242 (talk) 11:02, 20 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

  Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. CMD (talk) 12:34, 20 October 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"

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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 ‥  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 ‥  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