Talk:Ancient Egyptian burial customs

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[edit] Cleanup

Alright, this page DOES need some serious cleanup. The intro paragraph particularly looks disorganized. Some sentences sound very unencyclopedic or unprofessional. Also, a lot of information is repeated from Egyptian mythology, or should not conflict with that article. I'm putting a cleanup tag. 216.175.112.139 06:20, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I added a little bit of info here and there. Will do more later. This time it genuinely isn't vandalism... 144.131.139.111 03:38, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

Howdy folks, after taking a look through the article, I saw a few good pieces but a lot of crap that needed to go away. I did a huge rewrite, and please don't take offense if I removed something of yours, because I really want to keep the article focused on the main point.

Specifically, I removed the list of all the parts of the Egyptian soul. There is already an article (Egyptian soul) devoted to that which covers all these aspects in better detail. I removed a lot of the language that seemed stereotypical (e.g. "They devoted all of their entire lives to the afterlife") and which also isn't true. And I removed the stuff about "The Imperishables." I understand the concept you are trying to convey, but the section is badly written, some of it of suspicious academic merit, and mostly off topic. In my revision, I have presented the need for burial rituals etc. in a few, clear sentences in the intro.

I don't pretend that the editing work is finished. My major rewrite still needs a lot of work, which I will chip away at for awhile. I think this is a very important article, so please help in whatever way you can! Jeff Dahl 04:59, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I am taking my time

• Added why they believe in what they believed in. -- Cat ^chi? 01:51, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I did a bit...

I am fairly new to Wikipedia, but I changed a few grammatical errors in the article. Even with the changes I have made, there are still major issues that need to be addressed. - P!3r(3