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Women in Ancient Egypt

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The lives of Egyptian women were free of the restraints generally placed upon women in the remainder of the ancient world, permitting them to exercise a full part in society, recognised as equal with men under the law. The use of evidence gleaned from written records, monuments, sculpture, tombpaintings and the material found in tombs, including objects and human remains, Barbara Watterson has built up a fascinating picture of the ceaselessly overlooked contributions made by women of all classes to the social, and every so often the political, history of ancient Egypt. In Women in Ancient Egypt, the types of occupations and careers open to women are described, as are their domestic and personal lives – marriage, health and childbirth; family life; running a home; clothing, jewellery and beauty preparations. The women whose lives are fleshed out in this book are in large part the ‘little people’ of history, women who rarely exercised any power out of doors the domestic sphere. In contrast, on the other hand, the final chapter deals with those women, surprisingly few in number, whose influence on the political affairs of their country was once considerable and, in some cases, legendary, with a small number of royal women able to ascend the throne of Egypt and rule as female kings.

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