Ancient Egyptian Jewelry: Pictures: Women Workers in Ancient Egypt

Women were free to work outside the house, although their domestic duties and lack of formal education restricted their employment opportunities.

Wooden model of male and female servants recovered from Deir el-Bahari tomb of Meket-Re.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Right: Wooden model of a winged djeryt, one of the two women who, acting the part of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, accompanied funeral processions to the tomb. Liverpool University Museum.

Women were free to work outside the house, although their domestic duties and lack of formal education restricted their employment opportunities.

Wooden model of male and female servants recovered from Deir el-Bahari tomb of Meket-Re.
Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Right: Wooden model of a winged djeryt, one of the two women who, acting the part of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, accompanied funeral processions to the tomb. Liverpool University Museum.

Books I have read...

What I love about this book is that it takes you directly from the minute ancient Egypt had its first Pharaoh till the very end of the Pharaonic system.

However, though it spots important female public figures in ancient Egypt like Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, it pretty much stops there. But this is understandable, because the book is basically about male Pharaohs.

You can find more information or purchase the book here. I guess it costs around 20~30 Dollars.

This books is pretty much like the Chronicle of the Pharaohs book, except for that this one is dedicated to female pharaohs and queens of ancient Egypt.

If you get this book and the previous one you will find out that they have so much in common, they both capitalize on important events in the ancient Two Lands and notable characters.

Find out more about this book or purchase it here, it costs around $19.39 US.

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