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ThisWikiProject aims primarily to improve the overall quality of articles that fall under this subject area. It also seeks to standardize the chronology and spellings of proper names within ancient Egypt–related articles.

• Egyptian religion work group

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• WikiProject Ancient Near East
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Ancient Near East task force

The parent of this WikiProject isWikiProject Egypt.

Ancient Egypt articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	5	6	8	23			42
FL				1			1
GA	9	5	12	24		1	51
B	23	30	66	117		56	292
C	30	41	91	260		117	539
Start	3	48	157	1,025		619	1,852
Stub		2	31	763		910	1,706
List		7	6	43		36	92
Category					1,076		1,076
Disambig					39		39
File					28		28
Portal					12		12
Project					14		14
Redirect		1	21	61	202		285
Template					74		74
NA					3		3
Other					3		3
Assessed	70	140	392	2,317	1,451	1,739	6,109
Total	70	140	392	2,317	1,451	1,739	6,109
WikiWork factors (?)		ω =22,615			Ω = 5.05

• Featured articles

Abuwtiyuw,Ahmose I,Ancient Egyptian deities,Ancient Egyptian literature,Atlanersa,Cleopatra,Cleopatra Selene of Syria,Death of Cleopatra,Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts,Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun,Djedkare Isesi,Egyptian temple,Hathor,Isis,Margaret Murray,Merenre Nemtyemsaf I,Menkauhor Kaiu,Mysteries of Isis,Neferefre,Neferirkare Kakai,Nynetjer,Nyuserre Ini,Osiris myth,Pepi I Meryre,Philitas of Cos,Pyramid of Neferirkare,Pyramid of Nyuserre,Pyramid of Sahure,Pyramid of Unas,Ramesses VI,Rosetta Stone,Sahure,Sheshi,Shepseskaf,Shepseskare,Sirius,The Mummy (1999 film),Tomb of Kha and Merit,Unas,Userkaf,Userkare

• Good articles

317a and 317b mummies,Aetia,Ahhotep I,Alexander the Great,Amenemhat IV,Amenhotep I,Ankh,Artaxerxes III of Persia,Assassin's Creed: Origins,Book of the Dead,Callimachus,Criticism of the Book of Abraham,Darius I,Early life of Cleopatra,Eye of Horus,Eye of Ra,Four sons of Horus,Gaza City,Gebelein predynastic mummies,Gospel of Jesus' Wife,Hall of Records,Jean-François Champollion,Khaba,Layer Pyramid,Library of Alexandria,Medjed,Natacha Rambova,Nebka,Neferhotep I,Nefertiti bust,Osorkon IV,Pyramid of Khentkaus I,Pyramid of Userkaf,Ptolemy I Soter,Ptolemy XII Auletes,Reign of Cleopatra,Saluki,Seneb,Seth-Peribsen,Sobekneferu,The Prince of Egypt,Tessarakonteres,Thinis,Tiberius Julius Alexander,Thutmose I,Tomb of Tutankhamun,TT1,Tutankhamun,Valley of the Kings

• B-class articles

B-Class Ancient Egypt articles

• C-class articles

C-Class Ancient Egypt articles

• Lists

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• Start-class articles

Start-Class Ancient Egypt articles

• Stub-class articles

Stub-Class Ancient Egypt articles

• Did You Know?

Diadochi 8 May 2004,Saqqara Bird 13 September 2006,Ankhhaf 14 April 2007,Oxyrhynchus Papyri 22 May 2007,False door 17 September 2007,Reserve head 5 April 2007,Medical papyri 30 October 2007,Two Ladies 17 January 2008,Mining industry of Egypt 27 March 2008,Pierre Lacau 23 June 2008,Obelisk of Theodosius 25 August 2008,Wadi es-Sebua 27 September 2008,Temple of Maharraqa 27 September 2008,Temple of Derr 27 September 2008,Temple of Dakka 27 September 2008,Amada 27 September 2008,Tharbis 13 March 2009,Ancient Egyptian creation myths 7 April 2009,Ancient Egyptian retainer sacrifices 3 December 2009,The Younger Lady (mummy) 26 February 2010,Egyptian temple 9 February 2011,Egyptian mythology 16 January 2012,Eye of Ra 16 January 2012,Osiris myth 12 June 2012,Double Falcon 29 November 2012,Horus Sa 5 January 2013,Ancient Egyptian deities 10 April 2013,Imyremeshaw 28 August 2013,Shemay 31 August 2014,Coptos Decrees 31 August 2014,Mysteries of Isis 28 January 2015,Jean-François Champollion 31 January 2015,Osorkon IV 29 May 2015,Sheshi 9 December 2015,S 9 (Abydos) 14 September 2017,Pyramid of Nyuserre 04 February 2018,Pyramid of Neferirkare 15 February 2018,Decipherment of ancient Egyptian scripts 12 September 2019,Eye of Horus 1 June 2021,Sobekneferu 04 October 2021,317a and 317b mummies 6 June 2022,TT8 30 June 2023.

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Kings & Queens
Sahure	This userparticipates inWikiProject Ancient Egypt.	{{User WP Ancient Egypt/Sahure}}
Akhenaten	This userparticipates inWikiProject Ancient Egypt.	{{User WP Ancient Egypt/Akhenaten}}
Nefertiti	This userparticipates inWikiProject Ancient Egypt.	{{User WP Ancient Egypt}}
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• mw:Extension:WikiHiero/Syntax
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• 02 Nov 2025 –Berlin Papyrus Collection(talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK byWatkynBassett(t · c); seediscussion

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• 13 Nov 2025 –Eratosthenes(talk · edit · hist) was GA nominated byTouchedWithFire(t · c); startdiscussion

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• 16 Nov 2025 –Ancient Egyptian mathematics(talk · edit · hist) move request toEgyptian mathematics byMetallurgist(t · c) wasnot moved; seediscussion

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• 31 Oct 2025 –List of monarchs of Kerma(talk · edit · hist) is proposed for merging toList of monarchs of Kush byPharaohCrab(t · c); seediscussion

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