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Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt

Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt

Hawass, Zahi

Paperback

ArchaeologyAncient EgyptWomen's Studies

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ISBN10: 9774162021
ISBN13: 9789774162022
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Published: Apr 1 2009
Pages: 208
Weight: 2.70
Height: 0.80 Width: 9.60 Depth: 11.70
Language: English

This beautifully produced new paperback edition of Silent Images explores a puzzling contradiction: Despite the multitude of artifacts and texts that have come to us from ancient Egypt, much still remains obscure regarding the lives of women.

Women were, from the historical perspective, silent--but how should this silence be interpreted? What was the reality of women's lives behind the standardized images? We know that their chief role in society as mothers and anchors of the family was honored and respected, although it meant a degree of segregation and, in most periods, excluded them from public office. Nevertheless, in law they were the equals of men and they could, and did, own property, which they administered and disposed of themselves.

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