Silent Images  -  Zahi Hawass

Women in Pharanoic Egypt

KORTE INHOUD

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...
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2009 Uitgever: University Press 208 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 9774162021 ISBN-13: 9789774162022