Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt (Hardback)
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Short Description for Silent Images Hawass contrasts the stereotype - inspired by such symbols of femininity as the queens Nefertiti and Nefertari - with a more realistic view of the common woman's everyday involvement in matters ranging from family life to dress and adornment to the workplace. While their chief role in society was as mothers, women were the legal equals of men and they could, and did, own property. Silent Images sh...
Full description- Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
- Published: 01 April 2000
- Format: Hardback 207 pages
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- Categories: General | Art History | Gender Studies: Women | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology
- ISBN 13: 9780810944787 ISBN 10: 0810944782
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Full description for Silent Images
Hawass contrasts the stereotype - inspired by such symbols of femininity as the queens Nefertiti and Nefertari - with a more realistic view of the common woman's everyday involvement in matters ranging from family life to dress and adornment to the workplace. While their chief role in society was as mothers, women were the legal equals of men and they could, and did, own property. Silent Images sheds new light on ancient Egypt's distinctive culture.
