Egypt - Women
Resources on Ancient Egyptian women, their rights, and obligations.
Nefertiti
Nefertiti is famous because of the beautiful bust that was found depicting her. the bust of Nefertiti is in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany. Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt under Pharah Akhenaten.
Nefertiti is famous because of the beautiful bust that was found depicting her. the bust of Nefertiti is in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany. Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt under Pharah Akhenaten.
Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt
A guide review of Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt, by Lynn Meskell.
A guide review of Private Life in New Kingdom Egypt, by Lynn Meskell.
Top 6 Picks - Ancient Egyptian Women Books
Ancient Egyptian women had more powers relative to the men of Egyptian society than their counterparts in Greece and Rome. There were even pharaohs and pharaohs wives who were important in Egyptian policy making. Read about the lives of the rich and famous as well as ordinary Egyptian women.
Ancient Egyptian women had more powers relative to the men of Egyptian society than their counterparts in Greece and Rome. There were even pharaohs and pharaohs wives who were important in Egyptian policy making. Read about the lives of the rich and famous as well as ordinary Egyptian women.
Beauty and Fashion in Ancient Egypt
What was it like to be an Ancient Egyptian woman? Did she worry about how she looked, about her weight, about the first appearance of wrinkles on her skin? Did she diet and compare her figure with her friends? Although her life predates modern women's by thousands of years, it would seem that her preoccupations were very similar to our own.
What was it like to be an Ancient Egyptian woman? Did she worry about how she looked, about her weight, about the first appearance of wrinkles on her skin? Did she diet and compare her figure with her friends? Although her life predates modern women's by thousands of years, it would seem that her preoccupations were very similar to our own.
Egyptian Women in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt
Alexandra A. O'Brien's dissertation proposal emphasizing the importance of understanding the native Egyptian cultural influence.
Alexandra A. O'Brien's dissertation proposal emphasizing the importance of understanding the native Egyptian cultural influence.
William Ward, Lecture on Women in Egypt
Women could inherit and own land, contest a will and fight for her legal rights in court.
Women could inherit and own land, contest a will and fight for her legal rights in court.
The Egyptian Economy and Non-royal Women
Notes on the translations William Ward used for his lecture on the Egyptian economy and the status of non-royal women in public life.
Notes on the translations William Ward used for his lecture on the Egyptian economy and the status of non-royal women in public life.