Talk:List of historical capitals of Egypt

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The First Capital[edit]

I think that there are other capitals before Memphis.

--196.202.91.147 03:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC) I think that the true capital is Cairo65.183.128.181 03:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Capital_of_Egypt&action=edit&section=1# 03:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)03:26, 7 January 2007 (UTC)~~[reply]

Not for almost all of Egypt's history, it wasn't. Thanatosimii 04:10, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most of those capitals are wrong[edit]

First, there were many periods when there was no one "capital of Egypt," So there can't be a single correct chronological list. Second, you've got Memphis, the legendary first capital, going back as far as 3100, instead of the city of This, which was the real capital in the thinite period. Abydos is suspected of functioning as a capital during the old period as well. Furthermore, we've got the Tanis error on the page as well. Tanis became a capital later on, but during the time listed, it was most certainly not capital. Avaris was de facto capital during that period, and avaris and tanis have been confused prior to the 1980's, but tanis is now cerainly not avaris. Thanatosimii 17:44, 27 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to fix the list, especially if you can provide a source with better information? --El on ka 04:35, 18 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The first capital[edit]

The article claims that the first capital during the first the dynasties was some mysterious "Thinis/Memphis" combo, without any explanation or source. The First Dynasty article only mentions Thinis, and the Second Dynasty article suggests that the center of power might have started shifting, but the capital was still Thinis. Basically the same information can be found in the Thinis and Memphis articles as well. The previous post here suggests the same, but nothing has changed in the last 16 years, so I'll just make the change myself. --94.112.236.167 (talk) 15:46, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]