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The literacy rate of women (aged 15 and over) is 65.4%, which is lower than that of men which is 82.2% (data from 2015). [23] Egypt is largely rural country, with only 43.1% of the population being urban (in 2015), [24] and access to education is poor in rural areas.
Women in ancient Egypt had some special rights other women did not have in other comparable societies. They could own property and were, at court, legally equal to men. However, Ancient Egypt was a patriarchal society dominated by men. Only a few women are known to have important positions in administration, though there were female rulers and ...
The status of women in Africa is varied across nations and regions. For example, Rwanda is the only country in the world where women hold more than half the seats in parliament — 51.9% as of July 2019, [ 12][ 13] but Morocco only has one female minister in its cabinet. [ 13]
In ancient Egyptian history, the Old Kingdom is the period spanning c. 2700 –2200 BC. It is also known as the "Age of the Pyramids" or the "Age of the Pyramid Builders", as it encompasses the reigns of the great pyramid-builders of the Fourth Dynasty, such as King Sneferu, under whom the art of pyramid-building was perfected, and the kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure, who commissioned the ...
Partially restored. The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. [1] Facing directly from west to east, it stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt. The face of the Sphinx appears to represent the pharaoh Khafre. [2]
Head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna: 1905-12-27 1997-05-06 Elizabeth Thomas: American: 1907-03-29 1986-11-28 Joyce Tyldesley: Archaeologist 1960-02-25: Hana Vymazalová: Czech: 1978 Willeke Wendrich: American: 1961-09-13 Marcelle Werbrouck: Belgian: 1889-05-23 1959-08-01 Penelope Wilson: British ...
The Colossi of Memnon ( Arabic: el-Colossat or es-Salamat) are two massive stone statues of the Pharaoh Amenhotep III, which stand at the front of the ruined Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III, the largest temple in the Theban Necropolis. They have stood since 1350 BC, and were well known to ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as early modern ...
Hathor (Egyptian: Het-Hert) – One of the most important goddesses, linked with the sky, the sun, sexuality and motherhood, music and dance, foreign lands and goods, and the afterlife. One of many forms of the Eye of Ra. [36] Hatmehit – Fish goddess; Heqet – Frog goddess said to protect women in childbirth [37] Hesat – A maternal cow ...