Traditional Woman Egyptian Female Ancient Egyptian People

They could own property and were at court legally equal to men.

Traditional woman egyptian female ancient egyptian people. Old kingdom egyptian princess nefertiabet dated 2590 2565 bce from her tomb at giza painting on limestone now in the louvre few ancient civilizations enabled women to achieve important social positions. The same is true for ancient egypt. Women in ancient egypt played an important role in many aspects of daily life and religion. Women at the upper echelons of society could reach the same level as men sometimes ruling the country and playing a prominent role in religious.

Although ancient egyptian women played vital roles in egyptian societies the egyptian societies were dominated by men but some women at the royal court gained their. An ancient egyptian woman was legally capax competent capable. They had equal rights to men with regards to the property and in court cases but the average woman s focus was on a traditional role as wife and mother. Women could not have important positions in administration though there were women rulers and even women pharaohs.

However ancient egypt was a society dominated by men and was patriarchal in nature. One of the most important ancient egyptian queens is queen hatshepsut who obtained the rank of the pharaoh and ruled through the 18th dynasty. Women in ancient egypt had some special rights other women did not have in other comparable societies. Women in ancient egypt had power in their societies more than any other comparable societies as they couldn t just rule the country but they could also have the same rights as men.

In contrast an ancient greek woman was supervised by a kyrios male guardian and many greek women who lived in egypt during the ptolemaic period observing egyptian women acting without kyrioi were encouraged to do so themselves.