{"product_id":"dancing-for-hathor-carolyn-graves-brown-9781847250544","title":"Dancing for Hathor","description":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carolyn Graves-Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847250548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847250544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.56w x 0.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2011","brand":"Carolyn Graves-Brown","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44173007945983,"sku":"9781847250544","price":61.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a5c9798-1a0d-4577-8859-8438d5778b04.jpg?v=1689790564","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dancing-for-hathor-carolyn-graves-brown-9781847250544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}