Essay On Ancient Egypt Women

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This article analyzed the various aspects of ancient Egyptian women lives such as how they got married, their duties and abilities in the marriage life, their sexuality, and adultery. Everybody knows that getting married and the wedding ceremony are very important to women to start a new role with their husbands in society. In the article, the wedding in ancient Egypt does not mean the same as the modern wedding which has special bridal clothing, name change for the bride, and the exchange of rings between the groom and bride. Basically, ancient Egyptian women were easy to recognize as a wife that she had to be basically leaving her father’s house and entering to the new home. Their weddings only were for personal matters. The groom had to promise to the bride’s father that he would protect and care …show more content…

Although the technology and knowledge did not improve, most of the ancient Egyptian women were able to diagnose their own pregnancies by checking their skin, eyes, and breasts. Also, their urine samples were poured on wheat or barley, and that sample influenced strongly the growth of wheat or barley which confirmed their pregnancies and foretold the sex of the unborn child whether girl or boy. Nevertheless, the names were very important to the Egyptians because the name had meaning. Most of the ancient Egyptians were afraid that their names might be forgotten after death. Thus, most non-royal Egyptian woman could only have one name and share the same name to their sisters or daughters. Furthermore, the marriage could only be ended in two ways: death or divorce. Egyptian widows were allowed to re-marry even more than two times. Lastly, adultery was the most serious marital crime, and a wife could get the harshest of physical punishments, such as she could be put to death. An adulterous woman was clearly seen as a

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