The women of ancient Egypt—the mighty and the modest—were considered equal to men, ... clothing—attests to her importance. In the same room is a white limestone statue of a woman — Nefertari — and her ...

— -- Researchers at Stanford University have found intricately designed body art on the well-preserved remains of a 3,000-year-old woman's body from Ancient Egypt. The human remains were from ...

A beautifully decorated coffin and burial chamber loaded with goods have started to unveil the story of an ancient Egyptian priestess who lived nearly 4,000 years ago. The discovery was unearthed at ...

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 ...

Lovell & Palichuk, Bioarchaeology of Marginalized People, 2019. Women could choose from at least seven professions in ancient Egypt: priestess, musician, singer, dancer, mourner, weaver and midwife.

In ancient Egypt women enjoyed the sort of human rights that their counterparts today are still fighting for—they worked, owned property, ran businesses, and divorced their husbands.

Clothing remains an important way for women to express their own personal identity, but, as the burkini bans and ancient sumptuary laws reveal, the institution of dress codes are a time-honored ...

An ancient Egyptian woman died in so much pain, her muscles instantaneously locked up — freezing her final scream in place for 3,500 years, an analysis of the mummy, dubbed the "Screaming Woman ...