Title Silent images : women in Pharaonic Egypt / Zahi Hawass ; foreword by Suzanne Mubarak.

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New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2000.

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Description	207 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The historical setting -- Ruling queens -- Royal ladies -- Palaces and harems -- Love and marriage -- Motherhood and children -- The lady of the house -- Dress and adornment -- Women in society -- Working women -- Women in the workmen's community at Giza -- Religious life -- Death and the afterlife -- Art and beauty -- Chronological table -- Famous women of ancient Egypt.
Summary	"Hawass contrasts the stereotype - inspired by such symbols of femininity as the queens Nefertiti and Nefertari - with a more realistic view of the common woman's everyday involvement in matters ranging from family life to dress and adornment to the workplace. While their chief role in society was as mothers, women were the legal equals of men and they could, and did, own property. Silent Images sheds new light on ancient Egypt's distinctive culture."--Jacket.
Subject	Women -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500.
	Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
	Egypt -- Antiquities.
	Women -- Egypt -- Social conditions.
	Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
	Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
	Women. (OCoLC)fst01176568
	Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
	Frau (DE-588)4018202-2
	Ägypten Altertum (DE-588)4068430-1
	Iconografie.
	Vrouwen.
	Frau.
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Online version: Hawass, Zahi A. Silent images. New York : Harry N. Abrams, 2000 (OCoLC)629919146
ISBN	0810944782
	9780810944787
	0810927322
	9780810927322

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