Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing by G Vogelsang-Eastwood (Leiden, 1993) Women in Ancient Egypt by B Watterson (Stroud, 1991) Egyptian Women of the Old Kingdom by HG Fischer (New York, 1989) Places to visit ...

In ancient Egypt women were entitled to work, own property, go to court, bear witness, serve on a jury and much more, writes Diab [Michael Sohn/Reuters] Like our Greek cousins across the ...

Ancient Egyptians Tarkhan Dress: World's oldest known outfit was worn to an ancient Egyptian funeral 5,000 years ago. ... Each of the women is wearing a head cone. (Image credit: ...

For the ancient Egyptians, placing women in power was often the best protection for the patriarchy in times of uncertainty. ( Meet 5 of the fiercest queens from medieval times .) ...

Santini was showing me around Turin’s Museo Egizio – Egyptian Museum – the oldest museum dedicated to ancient Egypt, founded in 1824. Antiquities on display demonstrate that women in ancient ...

Deir el-Medina, in Upper Egypt – which, somewhat confusingly, refers to the southern portion of the country – is rather different from the stereotypical Ancient Egyptian archeological site.

Research has found that Ancient Egyptian women wore ‘tramp stamp’ tattoos to protect them during childbirth. However, rather than the derogatory modern meaning attached to inked designs on the ...

Ancient Egyptian women wore ornate back tattoos to protect them during and after childbirth, a new study suggests. The hypothesis follows examination of mummified remains of two women with tattoo ...

Pharaonic Egyptian Clothing by G Vogelsang-Eastwood (Leiden, 1993) Women in Ancient Egypt by B Watterson (Stroud, 1991) Egyptian Women of the Old Kingdom by HG Fischer (New York, 1989) Places to visit ...

Items on show at Turin’s Museo Egizio demonstrate that women in ancient Egypt were equal to men.