Silent Images : Women in Pharanoic Egypt

by: Hawass, Z.

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Silent images : women in pharanoic Egypt

Author:Zahi A. Hawass

Summary:"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. Zahi Hawass's book searches for a more realistic picture of women's lives in ancient Egypt. As well as reconsidering the evidence from tomb and temple, the author draws on unpublished material from his excavations at the workers' cemetery at Giza, which sheds light on the womenfolk of the workmen who built and maintained the pyramids.

207 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

Contents:
Introduction
The historical setting
Ruling queens
Royal ladies
Palaces and harems
Love and marriage
Motherhood and children
The lady of the house
Dress and adornment
Women in society
Working women
Women in the workmen's community at Giza
Religious life
Death and the afterlife
Art and beauty
Chronological table
Famous women of Ancient Egypt

Silent Images : Women in Pharanoic Egypt

by: Hawass, Z.

• ISBN-13: 9789774162022 / 978-977-416-202-2
• ISBN-03: 9774162021 / 977-416-202-1
• The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, 2008

Price: 49,00 EURO

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