Women Warriors in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology: Facts, Myths and Mysteries of Queen Ahhotep of the Pharaoh: A Biography of a Queens Everyday Life + Hi Contributor(s): Neal, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798644698981 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.59 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2020 |
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BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Egypt |
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.35 lbs) 132 pages |
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Publisher Description: WOMEN WARRIORS: Righting the Wrongs of Antiquity, Finding the Truth of Our Fighting Female Ancestors with Evidence from a Lost Tomb BECOME AN ARCHAEOLOGIST and join this investigation... Since the dawn of time, fighting and the military has been a male domain. This vastly predominant trend in human history, however, is by no means true 100% of the time. There are many examples since the dawn of time of women engaging in combat, leadership and sovereignty. In the 19th/Early 20th Century, archaeology was conducted by people who ascribed their 'modern day' values to antiquity. When a female was found entombed with a sword or military decoration: 'it must have belonged to her father or brother' or it was 'votive' in nature. Had the subject been male, the archaeologists of the time would not hesitate to declare the individual a decorated warrior or leader of men on the battlefield. Is the essence of science and discovery not to set aside personal biases and interpret the evidence freely? In this book, Tom Neal explores this idea through a spectacular case study: the many mysteries surrounding Queen Ahhotep of Ancient Egypt and her lost tomb.
The case of Queen Ahhotep's everyday life and gender based assumptions must be examined critically to find the truth. The queen's 'passive' nature may have been unfairly assumed by previous writers, and Tom seeks to get to the bottom of this so you can decide for yourself.
Would you rather go through life immediately accepting what previous experts have decided, or would you like to decide the truth for yourself by examining all sides of the evidence and exercising your right to think critically about all you are told? This book refuses to accept any such thing as 'settled science'. The very essence of human discovery is the ability to change your mind in the light of new evidence or interpretation. Scroll up and click the Buy Now button and get started in discovering a mystery thousands of years in the making. Be inspired by Ahhotep and what may have been a true Warrior Queen of Ancient Egypt.
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