Dancing for Hathor

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Women in Ancient Egypt

By Dr Carolyn Graves-Brown

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Dancing for Hathor by Dr Carolyn Graves-Brown explores the intriguing world of ancient Egypt through the lens of the goddess Hathor, known for her associations with music, dance, love, and joy. The book delves into how everyday lives, religious practices, and social customs in ancient Egypt were influenced by the goddess's enchanting presence. It offers an engaging look at the interplay between divinity and daily life in one of history's most fascinating civilizations.
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If you're fascinated by ancient civilisations and the role of women in history, this book might appeal to you. It delves into the vibrant world of ancient Egypt, exploring the influence and significance of dance and female performers in religious and cultural contexts, offering an intriguing perspective on the harmonious blend of art, ritual, and society.

Dancing for Hathor

An account of the women of ancient Egypt from goddesses to dancing girls, queens to housewives. It draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture and textual evidence to explore various aspects of women in Egypt from goddesses and queens to women as the 'vessels of creation'.

A rich and lively account of the women of ancient Egypt from goddesses to dancing girls, queens to housewives.

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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 civilisations of the ancient world.

Carolyn Graves-Brown draws on funerary remains, tomb paintings, architecture, and textual evidence to explore 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 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 told with authority and verve.

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Dancing for Hathor by Dr Carolyn Graves-Brown is praised for its engaging writing style and the anthropological lens applied to the study of women in prehistoric and predynastic Egypt. It is noted for encouraging discussion and debate, fulfilling the author's aim.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847250544

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 May 2010

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hambledon Continuum

Illustration: 12

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 552g

Pages: 256

Collections

Ancient & Classical History Dr Carolyn Graves-Brown History & Military Middle Eastern History Non-Fiction

About the Author

Carolyn Graves-Brown was curator of the Egypt Centre at Swansea University from 1997 to 2022. With the Classical Press of Wales she also edited Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt: Don Your Wig for a Joyful Hour (2008). She is the author of Dancing for Hathor: Women in Ancient Egypt (2010) and Daemons and Spirits in Ancient Egypt (2018).