Talk:Meshwesh
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I have removed the {{inuse}} notice. I don't have the time available right now to write anything more indepth. I'll try to get back to this ASAP, but if anyone wants to take a crack at it themselves, feel free. —Nefertum17 07:04, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
I had the chance to add a bit more, but clearly more work is needed, particularly Meshwesh history in the Third Intermediate Period and comments on their iconography. —Nefertum17 09:17, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Great job!
Good work on this article, Nefertum17! I see that the Meshwesh were first mentioned during Amenhotep 3 (c. 1400 BC), I agree that that probably seems a little too early for the Meshechs, who don't appear in Anatolia until 1200 BC, as far as I can tell. Regards, Codex Sinaiticus 23:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
Unfortunately, he has left Wikipedia in disgust at the shocking state of the Egyptology articles. What appears increasingly obvious to me is that very few people care about classical mythology articles in general, i.e. very very few people edit them in any way other than copy-editing. Maybe someone appears once a year. But that is about it.
Many of the articles appear to have little more information in them than a 100yr old encyclopedia, and some are just random bits of info scattered about without any order. I have made a start on sorting this out, but it is a bit soul destroying when you know it is only really you and maybe one or two others, who care about what was once such a major thing. ~~~~ 21:05, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Labu not Libu.
Labu is popularly used instead of Libu, if you google labu+meshwesh, you will see what I mean. Also, if you have access to a wonderful compendium of ancient near eastern texts, appropriately titled "Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament" put out by Princeton, you will find that they use the spelling "Labu" as opposed to "Libu".
