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Silent Images: Women in pharaonic Egypt
Zahi A. Hawass
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Description for Silent Images: Women in pharaonic Egypt
Paperback. 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 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. It also includes illustrations. Num Pages: 208 pages, 141 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 301 x 247 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1247.
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774162022
SKU
V9789774162022
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About Zahi A. Hawass
ZAHI HAWASS is the secretary general of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities. He is the author of many books on ancient Egypt, including The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the Pharaohs and The Royal Tombs of Egypt: The Art of Thebes Revealed.
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