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Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt Paperback - 1995

by Joyce A. Tyldesley


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"This splendidly clear, full and often amusing account of ancient Egypt would surely have met with the approval of Herodotus himself."—Sunday Telegraph.

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In ancient Egypt women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, or in fact by most women until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Some of them even rose to rule Egypt as 'female kings'. Joyce Tyldesley's vivid history of how women lived in ancient Egypt weaves a fascinating picture of daily life - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming and religion - viewed from a female perspective, in a work that is engaging, original and constantly surprising.

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The women of Dynastic Egypt created quite a stir in the ancient world.

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During the dynastic period (3000 BC - 332 BC), as the Greek historian Herodotus was intrigued to observe, Egyptian women enjoyed a legal, social and sexual independence unrivalled by their Greek or Roman sisters, unrivalled, indeed, by women in Europe until the late nineteenth century. They could own and trade in property, work outside the home, marry foreigners and even live alone without the protection of a male guardian. Furthermore, women fortunate enough to be members of the royal harem were vastly influential, as were those rare women who rose to rule Egypt as 'female kings'. Joyce Tyldesley draws upon archaeological, historical and ethnographical evidence to piece together a vivid picture of daily life in Egypt - marriage and the home, work and play, grooming, religion - all viewed from a female perspective. She has an engaging eye for incidental detail and draws fascinating parallels and contrasts between the ancient and our modern world.

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  • Title Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Egypt
  • Author Joyce A. Tyldesley
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 336
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Books, London
  • Date September 1, 1995
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780140175967 / 0140175962
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 in (19.56 x 12.95 x 1.78 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: East Africa
    • Cultural Region: North Africa
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Women's Interest
  • Library of Congress subjects Egypt - Civilization - To 332 B.C, Egypt - Social life and customs - To 332 B.C
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95047067
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.409

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 08/07/1995, Page 458

About the author

Joyce Tyldesley, holder of a doctorate from Oxford University, is Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics, and Oriental Studies at Liverpool University, England. She is the author of Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh and Daughters of Isis: Women of Ancient Eygpt.
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