Dancing for Hathor (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781847250544)

The fragmentary evidence allows us only tantalising glimpses of the sophisticated and complex society of the ancient Egyptians, but the Greek historian Herodotus believed that the Egyptians had 'reversed the ordinary practices of mankind' in treating their women better than any of the other civilizations of the ancient worldﾂ . Carolyn Graves-Brown draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture and textual evidence to exploreﾂ all aspects of women in Egypt from goddesses and queens to women as the 'vessels of creation'. Perhaps surprisingly the most common career for women, after housewife and mother, was the priesthood, where women servedﾂ deities, notably Hathor, with music and dance. Many would come to the temples of Hathor to have their dreams interpreted, or to seek divine inspiration. This is a wide ranging and revealing accountﾂ told with authority and verve.ﾂ

Author: Carolyn Graves-Brown
ISBN-10: 1847250548
ISBN-13: 9781847250544
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2010
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.56w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2011