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Motherhood and Early Childhood in Ancient Egypt

- Culture, Religion, and Medicine
Af: Dr. Amandine Marshall Engelsk Hardback

Motherhood and Early Childhood in Ancient Egypt

- Culture, Religion, and Medicine
Af: Dr. Amandine Marshall Engelsk Hardback
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A richly nuanced analysis of how ancient Egyptian society regarded and dealt with pregnancy, mothers, birth, and children

In ancient Egypt, a woman’s primary role was that of mother, and as such she ensured her place within both her household and her community. And so, gods, doctor-magicians, as well as ghosts were all called upon to help the woman become pregnant.

Pregnancy was not without risks, and the many tests, prescriptions, and spells that have survived to this day help us to understand obstetrics as it was practiced in those distant times. Once the woman had eluded the ill will of Seth—who was held responsible for miscarriages—and had reached her term, she was faced with the much awaited and yet also feared moment of birth. The successful delivery of a child into the world was seen as a gift of the gods, but it did not mean that the parent’s worries were over. Indeed, it has been estimated that a third of all children did not reach the age of five years despite the combined efforts of parents and doctor-magicians to protect them.

Amandine Marshall draws upon a wealth of sources, including texts, images, iconography, artefacts, and children’s bodies themselves, as well as medicine, anthropology, and ethnography, to examine these issues and more, and in doing so sheds unprecedented light on the experience of maternity and early childhood in ancient Egypt.

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A richly nuanced analysis of how ancient Egyptian society regarded and dealt with pregnancy, mothers, birth, and children

In ancient Egypt, a woman’s primary role was that of mother, and as such she ensured her place within both her household and her community. And so, gods, doctor-magicians, as well as ghosts were all called upon to help the woman become pregnant.

Pregnancy was not without risks, and the many tests, prescriptions, and spells that have survived to this day help us to understand obstetrics as it was practiced in those distant times. Once the woman had eluded the ill will of Seth—who was held responsible for miscarriages—and had reached her term, she was faced with the much awaited and yet also feared moment of birth. The successful delivery of a child into the world was seen as a gift of the gods, but it did not mean that the parent’s worries were over. Indeed, it has been estimated that a third of all children did not reach the age of five years despite the combined efforts of parents and doctor-magicians to protect them.

Amandine Marshall draws upon a wealth of sources, including texts, images, iconography, artefacts, and children’s bodies themselves, as well as medicine, anthropology, and ethnography, to examine these issues and more, and in doing so sheds unprecedented light on the experience of maternity and early childhood in ancient Egypt.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 232
ISBN-13: 9781649030900
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1649030908
Kategori: Ancient Egypt
Udg. Dato: 22 okt 2024
Længde: 20mm
Bredde: 161mm
Højde: 237mm
Forlag: American University in Cairo Press
Oplagsdato: 22 okt 2024
Forfatter(e): Dr. Amandine Marshall
Forfatter(e) Dr. Amandine Marshall

Kategori Ancient Egypt

ISBN-13 9781649030900

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 232

Udgave

Længde 20mm

Bredde 161mm

Højde 237mm

Udg. Dato 22 okt 2024

Oplagsdato 22 okt 2024

Forlag American University in Cairo Press