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Social Status of Non-Royal Women through Their Non-Religious Occupations in Ancient Egypt

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Women in ancient Egypt were distinguished and had many privileges and rights comparing to their counterparts in the other ancient societies. Their social status was determined according to many indicators such as their families, husbands, relationships, wealth, occupations, education and skills. This paper aims to explore the social status of Non royal women according to their non -religious occupations.  This study depends on visual and textual evidences. It examined many tombs from different periods and different locations to determine the female occupation of non-royal and non-religious. Additionally; it detected female titles as well as analyzing scenes captions, titles and letters as textual sources. This study applies descriptive and analyzing methodology to achieve its aims. Results of this study reveal that women who were involving in music career and weaving industry enjoyed a very high social status in the Egyptian society while those who were involved in baking, brewing, domestic and agriculture services are the less of all occupation

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10.21608/ijthm.2020.103383

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Women, Occupations, ancient Egypt

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Engy

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El-Kilany

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Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Egypt

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jenneykilany@hotmail.com

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Samar

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Kamal

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Mostafa

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Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University, Egypt

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3

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1

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2020-06-01

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2020-02-21

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2020-06-01

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40

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62

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2535-2318

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2682-3632

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IJTHM_Volume 3_Issue 1_Pages 40-62.pdf

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International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management

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22 Jan 2023