1/9/2023 0 Comments Male palette sansSumerians crushed gemstones and used them to decorate their faces, mainly on the lips and around the eyes. We should have an article on every pyramid and every nome in Ancient Egypt.Ancient Sumerian and Indus Valley men and women were possibly the first to invent and wear lipstick, about 5,000 years ago. I'm sure the rest of us can think of other articles we should have. To start with, most of the general history articles badly need attention. And I'm told that at least some of the dynasty articles need work. This is a project I'd like to take on some day, & could be applied to more of Wikipedia than just Ancient Egypt.Īny other candidates?Ī boring task, but the benefit of doing it is that you can set the dates !(e.g., why say Khufu lived 2589-2566? As long as you keep the length of his reign correct, or cite a respected source, you can date it 2590-2567 or 2585-2563)Īnyone? I consider this probably the most unimportant of tasks on Wikipedia, but if you believe it needs to be done. Take one of the standard authorities of history or culture - Herotodus, the Elder Pliny, the writings of Breasted or Kenneth Kitchen, & see if you can't smoothly merge quotations or information into relevant articles. 3 Comment from an expert on Rktect's edits above.ġ History of Palette: "Cosmetic palette".Probably a good exercise for someone who owns one of those impressive texts, yet can't get access to a research library. The original Palette (Egyptian Xxxxx) (in books) were obviously pictorial, and probably hung for display (as a painting)( Not Narmer's) of today's "Rope Art". (Some contained the bored holes for the rope/string for hanging.) They often had the motif of the bird beak (actually bird head) at each side, (the term facing, or facing away: confronted, or anti-confronted (?). The circle in the center was not originally there, as sometimes an entire surface was Unadorned, (the whole palette). Only the very top, or some other point had some animal motif, reference. (An example of a proto-palette is an ovoid turtle, no adorning, just set up for hanging (with stubby turtle feet)). Tribute to City-states Palette= Libyan Palette(officiale-nominus)-( Cairo Egyptian Museum).(These were after the "Proto-palette"s.) An incomplete list: (from memory:)( Palette (Egyptian historical) There appear to be about 12, a dozen or so more spectacular palettes. Some of the above names are the "Standard" others mine. added Libyan Palette.( Cosmetic palette-Stub) - Mmcannis 15:29, 24 January 2007 (UTC) Īny egyptophile who has perused the books, ((or attempted the Hiegoglyphic translations)), or been in the appropriate museum, (for example: Los Angeles County Museum of Art), can see these Proto-palettes on display(the above list are not the "Prote-pallette"s, but Palette (Egyptian historical)). SonoraDesert- (Also =giving a header= to the above unsigned First Section). Mmcannis 18:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC) I'm sorry, but what are you saying this has to do with the article here? The Narmer Palette is notable for its apparent depiction of the unification of the Two Kingdoms and for its mention of a unifying king not mentioned in the king list. If you're proposing a general article on Egyptian palettes, go right ahead and create it.
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