Women Warriors in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology: Facts, Myths and Mysteries of Queen Ahhotep of the Pharaoh: A Biography of a Queens Everyday Life + Hi

Women Warriors in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology: Facts, Myths and Mysteries of Queen Ahhotep of the Pharaoh: A Biography of a Queens Everyday Life + Hi
WOMEN WARRIORS: Righting the Wrongs of Antiquity, Finding the Truth of Our Fighting Female Ancestors with Evidence from a Lost TombBECOME 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.A Queen of the 18th Dynasty, the same dynasty as TutankhamunDiscovered in Egypt entombed with many weapons and military artefacts.Buried with Ancient Egyptian 'Flies of Valour', the Ancient Egypt version of a Victoria Cross War Medal for BraveryFound with Axes, Daggers, an Archer's Armlet and Many Other Indicators of a 'Warrior Queen'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.By the end of this book, you will haveExamined Women Warrior Examples Throughout AntiquityExplored Gender Bias in ArchaeologyLearnt about Gender and Attitudes Towards It in Ancient Egyptian SocietyLooked at the Associations and Implications of Weapons in TombsExamined Ancient Egyptian WeaponryBecome an Expert on the Lost Tomb of Queen AhhotepReviewed the 'Multiple Ahhoteps' Mystery and DebateWould 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
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WOMEN WARRIORS: Righting the Wrongs of Antiquity, Finding the Truth of Our Fighting Female Ancestors with Evidence from a Lost TombBECOME 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.A Queen of the 18th Dynasty, the same dynasty as TutankhamunDiscovered in Egypt entombed with many weapons and military artefacts.Buried with Ancient Egyptian 'Flies of Valour', the Ancient Egypt version of a Victoria Cross War Medal for BraveryFound with Axes, Daggers, an Archer's Armlet and Many Other Indicators of a 'Warrior Queen'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.By the end of this book, you will haveExamined Women Warrior Examples Throughout AntiquityExplored Gender Bias in ArchaeologyLearnt about Gender and Attitudes Towards It in Ancient Egyptian SocietyLooked at the Associations and Implications of Weapons in TombsExamined Ancient Egyptian WeaponryBecome an Expert on the Lost Tomb of Queen AhhotepReviewed the 'Multiple Ahhoteps' Mystery and DebateWould 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
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