Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt
Subtitle: A Sourcebook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 13, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780521582124
Subjects: Cultural studies; Social history; Women's studies; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; Women; History; Ancient Egypt - History; Women - Ancient History; Women's Studies - General; Social Science; History - General History; Sources; Sociology; Ancient World; Egypt; Ancient - Egypt; Feminism & Feminist Theory; Women's Studies - History; History / Ancient / General; Women--Egypt--History; Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-6; Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D
First sentence: Ancient Egyptian civilisation is striking for the wealth of the material remains it has left for posterity: the pyramids, temples and other monuments, statues and painting, written texts, even the bodies of both humans and animals preserved through mummification.