Egypt has the longest continuous known history of any country in the world. Today, Egyptians see themselves as a bridge between the Arab world and the West. This is an account of the political and social history of the Egyptians, with insights into their cultural inheritance.[...]
The lives of Egyptian women were free of the restraints normally placed upon women in the rest of the ancient world, allowing them to exercise a full part in society, recognised as equal with men under the law. Using evidence gleaned from written records, monuments, sculpture, tombpaintings and the [...]