Talk:Old Kingdom

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[edit] Cleanup

I'd just like to say that I added the cleanup prompt at the top of this page due to reading this line "a mysterious pyramid in Meidum (a failure), the famous Bent Pyramid in Dahshur (another failure), and the small Red Pyramid, also in Dashur."

I'm fairly certain the Red Pyramid is the same height as the bent pyramid and they both hold the title of 3rd tallest pyramid in Egypt, after the two at Giza. Also, the Bent pyramid is one of I believe 3 still in tact pyramids at Dashur, from a total of 12, so I wouldn't necessarily label it a failure. Dashur is also spelled two different ways in the same sentence, which is the more common I'm not sure so I'll leave it like that but spelling it two ways in a single article is bad enough, let alone the same sentence.

I suggest the common spelling be used, and in its first instance, refer to its alternate spelling in parentheses.

-HawkeyE 09:59, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Tried to correct this, can you check the paragraph now ? Markh 13:55, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pharaoh

The Ancient Egyptians didn't call their kings Pharaohs until well into the New Kingdom... over a thousand years later.

Over a thousand years.

See the wiki entry Pharaoh. It was a title in a letter to Aknenaten and only LATER than THIS became a title for a king. Much later.

I do not believe it serves any good purpose to universally use the term Pharaoh as King. It creates the impression that kings in the Old Kingdom were Pharaohs. They were not.

I think it should say "King."

Hank01 22:02, 2 November 2007 (UTC)