Dancing for Hathor
Subtitle: Women in Ancient Egypt
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781847250544
Description: 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.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Chronology; title: Chapter 1: Rich women, poor women; title: Chapter 2: Changing worlds; title: Chapter 3: 'The Egyptians in their manners and customs seem to have reversed the ordinary practices of mankind'; title: Chapter 4: Birth, life and death; title: Chapter 5: Women's work; title: Chapter 6: Sexuality, art and religion; title: Chapter 7: Queens and harems; title: Chapter 8: Goddesses; title: Conclusion