Dancing for Hathor

Women in Ancient Egypt

Inbunden, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

This is a rich and lively account of the women of ancient Egypt from goddesses to dancing girls, queens to housewives. The fragmentary evidence allows us only tantalising glimpses of the sophisticated and complex society of the ancient Egyptians. Carolyn Graves-Brown draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture and textual evidence to explore all aspects of women in Egypt from goddesses and queens to women as the 'vessels of creation'. This is a wide ranging and revealing account told with authority and verve.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-05-07
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:552 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781847250544

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Mer om författaren

Carolyn Graves-Brown is curator at the Egypt Centre, University of Wales Swansea. She also teaches for the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Swansea.

Recensioner i media

Title mention in Times Higher Education.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Chronology; Chapter 1: Rich women, poor women; Chapter 2: Changing worlds; Chapter 3: 'The Egyptians in their manners and customs seem to have reversed the ordinary practices of mankind'; Chapter 4: Birth, life and death; Chapter 5: Women's work; Chapter 6: Sexuality, art and religion; Chapter 7: Queens and harems; Chapter 8: Goddesses; Conclusion.