Women in Ancient Egypt
Title | Women in Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara Watterson |
Publisher | Amberley Publishing Limited |
Total Pages | 257 |
Release | 2011-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1445612666 |
Binge drinking and equal rights in Ancient Egypt... with her eye for the quirky; the only dry thing youll find here is her wit. THE DAILY MAIL (quote will appear on front cover of B-format).
Women in Ancient Egypt
Title | Women in Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Mariam F. Ayad |
Publisher | American University in Cairo Press |
Total Pages | 522 |
Release | 2022-10-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1649032706 |
Cutting-edge research by twenty-four international scholars on female power, agency, health, and literacy in ancient Egypt There has been considerable scholarship in the last fifty years on the role of ancient Egyptian women in society. With their ability to work outside the home, inherit and dispense of property, initiate divorce, testify in court, and serve in local government, Egyptian women exercised more legal rights and economic independence than their counterparts throughout antiquity. Yet, their agency and autonomy are often downplayed, undermined, or outright ignored. In Women in Ancient Egypt twenty-four international scholars offer a corrective to this view by presenting the latest cutting-edge research on women and gender in ancient Egypt. Covering the entirety of Egyptian history, from earliest times to Late Antiquity, this volume commences with a thorough study of the earliest written evidence of Egyptian women, both royal and non-royal, before moving on to chapters that deal with various aspects of Egyptian queens, followed by studies on the legal status and economic roles of non-royal women and, finally, on women’s health and body adornment. Within this sweeping chronological range, each study is intensely focused on the evidence recovered from a particular site or a specific time-period. Rather than following a strictly chronological arrangement, the thematic organization of chapters enables readers to discern diachronic patterns of continuity and change within each group of women. · Clémentine Audouit, Paul Valery University, Montpellier, France · Anne Austin, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, USA · Mariam F. Ayad, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt · Romane Betbeze, Université de Genève, Switzerland, and Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL, France · Anke Ilona Blöbaum, Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany · Eva-Maria Engel, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany · Renate Fellinger, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK · Kathrin Gabler, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland · Rahel Glanzmann, independent scholar, Basel, Switzerland. · Izold Guegan, Swansea University, UK, and Sorbonne University, Paris, France · Fayza Haikal, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt · Janet H. Johnson, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Il, USA · Katarzyna Kapiec, Institute of the Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland · Susan Anne Kelly, Macquarie University Sydney, Sydney, Australia · AnneMarie Luijendijk, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA · Suzanne Onstine, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA · José Ramón Pérez-Accino Picatoste, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain · Tara Sewell-Lasater, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA · Yasmin El Shazly, American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt · Reinert Skumsnes, Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway · Isabel Stünkel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA · Inmaculada Vivas Sainz, National Distance Education University), Madrid, Spain · Hana Vymazalová, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czeck Republic · Jacquelyn Williamson, George Mason University, Fairfax, Viriginia, USA · Annik Wüthrich, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, Austria
When Women Ruled the World
Title | When Women Ruled the World PDF eBook |
Author | Kara Cooney |
Publisher | Disney Electronic Content |
Total Pages | 322 |
Release | 2018-10-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1426219784 |
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages, and why we should care.
Women in Ancient Egypt
Title | Women in Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Gay Robins |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | 212 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780674954694 |
"Gay Robins discusses the role of royal women, queenship and its divine connotations, and describes the exceptional women who broke the bounds of tradition by assuming real power."--Back cover.
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800
Title | Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Bagnall |
Publisher | University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | 439 |
Release | 2015-07-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 047203622X |
The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest
Ancient Egyptian Women
Title | Ancient Egyptian Women PDF eBook |
Author | John Malam |
Publisher | Capstone Classroom |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2002-07-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781403405173 |
Presents information on how women lived in ancient Egypt, discussing their education, family life, and fashion.
The Remarkable Women of Ancient Egypt
Title | The Remarkable Women of Ancient Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Barbara S. Lesko |
Publisher | Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies, Brown University |
Total Pages | 88 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Egypt |
ISBN |
Third edition of readable survey of women in Ancient Egypt. Chapters include: Divine Women/Royal Women; The Average Woman; Public Life/Private Life; Women in the Cults; Sex, Marriage and Family Life.