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15 The king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, saying, 16 “When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the birthstool: if it is a boy, kill him; if it is a girl, let her live.” 17 The midwives, fearing God, did not do as the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. 18 So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to ...
Plato explored the control that midwives perhaps had during this process: And furthermore, the midwives, by means of drugs [149d] and incantations, are able to arouse the pangs of labor and, if they wish, to make them milder, and to cause those to bear who have difficulty in bearing; and they cause miscarriages if they think them desirable.
The purpose of marriage was to have more children and descendants of the family. [5]In the New Kingdom, there was a saying that: "Take a wife while you are young That she make a son for you She should care for you while you are youthful It is proper to make people Happy is the man whose people are many He is saluted on account of his progeny."
Peseshet (fl. c. 2500 BC) who lived under the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (albeit a date in the Fifth Dynasty is also possible), is often credited with being the earliest known female physician in history. Some have credited Merit-Ptah with being the first female physician, but she is likely a fictional creation based upon Peseshet. [2]
The body was exhibited at once in the First Egyptian Room, and for the first time the British public saw a neolithic Egyptian. — Wallis Budge , By Nile and Tigris , 1920 [ 5 ] Of the other five bodies, only the female adult, given museum number EA 32752, has been exhibited.
Pages in category "Ancient Egyptian women" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1770 (mummy) A.
Rheumatoid arthritis only impacts between 0.5 and 1% of adults between the ages of 30 and 50 globally today, the study authors said, making it a rare disease in the modern era. In ancient records ...
Nefertiti was the chief wife of an Egyptian pharaoh, Amenhotep IV. Nefertiti was known to be an active Egyptian woman in society, as well as her children. [9] In addition to female Egyptian rulers, Hatshepsut usurped the throne [7] and reigned in Egypt as pharaoh from about 1479 to 1458 B.C. She based most of Egypt's economy on commerce.