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Le donne dei faraoni
Le donne egiziane, ai tempi dei faraoni erano considerate spiritualmente e materialmente uguali agli uomini. In queste pagine Christian Jacq ci invita a fare la loro conoscenza: donne di potere come le regine e le "grandi spose regali", mogli, madri, amanti, lavoratrici, sacerdotesse, donne d'affari, nutrici... E, oltre alla vita delle più celebri tra loro, ci descrive il mondo meno noto di una donna-visir, delle donne scriba, delle musiciste dei templi. La civiltà dei faraoni assegnò alla donna uno status eccezionale in confronto a tutte le altre culture del mondo antico, status che nemmeno le società moderne hanno saputo eguagliare.
335 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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Christian Jacq
222 books941 followersAlso writes under the names Célestin Valois, J.B. Livingstone, and Christopher Carter.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
Jacq's interest in Egyptology began when he was thirteen, and read History of Ancient Egyptian Civilization by Jacques Pirenne. This inspired him to write his first novel. He first visited Egypt when he was seventeen, went on to study Egyptology and archaeology at the Sorbonne, and is now one of the world's leading Egyptologists.
By the time he was eighteen, he had written eight books. His first commercially successful book was Champollion the Egyptian, published in 1987. As of 2004 he has written over fifty books, including several non-fiction books on the subject of Egyptology.
He and his wife later founded the Ramses Institute, which is dedicated to creating a photographic description of Egypt for the preservation of endangered archaeological sites.
Between 1995-1997, he published his best selling five book suite Ramsès, which is today published in over twenty-five countries. Each volume encompasses one aspect of Ramesses' known historical life, woven into a fictional tapestry of the ancient world for an epic tale of love, life and deceit.
Jacq's series describes a vision of the life of the pharaoh: he has two vile power-hungry siblings, Shanaar, his decadent older brother, and Dolora, his corrupted older sister who married his teacher. In his marital life, he first has Isetnofret (Iset) as a mistress (second Great Wife), meets his true love Nefertari (first Great Wife) and after their death, gets married to Maetnefrure in his old age. Jacq gives Ramesses only three biological children: Kha'emweset, Meritamen (she being the only child of Nefertari, the two others being from Iset) and Merneptah. The other "children" are only young officials trained for government and who are nicknamed "sons of the pharaoh".
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July 23, 2025
Fluido. Documentato. Interessante.
April 2, 2018
Skvelá kniha. Christian Jacq vie odbornú literatúru písať dostatočne pútavo a zaujímavo na to, aby prilákal odborníka, ale aj obyčajného laika.
Kniha je rozdelená na štyri časti podľa povolaní Egypťaniek. Dozvedáme sa teda nielen o kráľovnách, ale aj o kňažkách, remeselníčkach, plačkách, obchodníčkach, reholníčkach... Záber je obrovský a pestrý. Navyše nám Jacq prekladá mená jednotlivých Egypťaniek a zároveň prekladá aj niektoré úkony, funkcie či predmety do staroegyptčiny za čo má u mňa obrovské plus.
Prakticky nemám tejto knihe čo vytknúť. Jediná vec, ktorá mi vadila, nie je chybou autora ale prekladateľa a možno aj korektora, nakoľko je v texte zopár gramatických chýb a navyše sa strieda grécky a egyptská verzia meno rovnakého boha (pr. zo začiatku Nechbet, potom Neftys... najprv Anup potom Anubis). Kazí to zážitok z čítania, keďže mám tik pri gréckych menách vrčať...
V každom prípade je to krásna kniha, ktorá človeka prevedie svetom Egypťaniek a vykreslí ich svet v žiarivých farbách za zvuku harief a sistier...
Kniha je rozdelená na štyri časti podľa povolaní Egypťaniek. Dozvedáme sa teda nielen o kráľovnách, ale aj o kňažkách, remeselníčkach, plačkách, obchodníčkach, reholníčkach... Záber je obrovský a pestrý. Navyše nám Jacq prekladá mená jednotlivých Egypťaniek a zároveň prekladá aj niektoré úkony, funkcie či predmety do staroegyptčiny za čo má u mňa obrovské plus.
Prakticky nemám tejto knihe čo vytknúť. Jediná vec, ktorá mi vadila, nie je chybou autora ale prekladateľa a možno aj korektora, nakoľko je v texte zopár gramatických chýb a navyše sa strieda grécky a egyptská verzia meno rovnakého boha (pr. zo začiatku Nechbet, potom Neftys... najprv Anup potom Anubis). Kazí to zážitok z čítania, keďže mám tik pri gréckych menách vrčať...
V každom prípade je to krásna kniha, ktorá človeka prevedie svetom Egypťaniek a vykreslí ich svet v žiarivých farbách za zvuku harief a sistier...
March 5, 2024
Got this book as a gift and barely made it halfway through before giving up. The writing style is a odd. A mix of (in the best case) archeologically accurate facts and sections that feel like the author wrote his own fan fiction about how an ancient Egyptian woman might have felt. Also, every third sentence is a rhetorical question and the author likes to spontaneously bust into pages upon pages of pompous pseudo-lyrical descriptions of people falling in love, written like his personal idealized vision, as if he needed to fill more pages. After about 2 months of struggling through it and reading some pages every few days to make myself fall asleep faster I'm going to give up. It's nice to see that Egyptian women had a pretty important social and religious role compared to how they're usually portrayed, but other than that I did not retain anything from this book since it's not written for non-Egyptologists. A lot of terms, places, people and religious stuff/gods were simply mentioned without further explanation. Moving on to other books now, sorry.
August 1, 2020
Read the book in my native lenguage. Really liked it. I was always a lover of the ancient Egypt mythology and culture and this book made appreciated even more. The amount of equality regarding the social and juridical sphere its almost equiparable to nowadays. Regarding religious freedom and spirituality, it never happened since. Women being the religious head of many gods, and have similar religious powers has the pharaoh (head of state, king) ended with the pharaonic Egypt, which sadden me very much. Makes me feel that is the only time in history i wished i could visit. The writting is nice and its engaging even if ancient Egypt is not your usual jam. Its a bit old, and probably needs some upgrade in the information, because with the evolution of technology and information is possible that some information has changed or it was added to the current understanding of the subject.
If you can find it, and the subject interests you, i highly recomend it. It's a 4.5 to me.
If you can find it, and the subject interests you, i highly recomend it. It's a 4.5 to me.
August 3, 2023
. Neste livro Christian Jacq sugere, ou melhor, afirma que no antigo Egito, as mulheres eram iguais (salvo seja...) aos homens. É claro que o período considerado (milénios) é demasiado extenso para a situação ser sempre igiual, mas o autor mostra, por meio de exemplos devidamente referenciados, o extraordinário papel das mulheres, seja no Panteão egípcio, seja no exercício do poder político, seja nas mais importantes profissões, desde construtoras a mulheres de negócios, escribas ou sacerdotisas, para além do papel fundamental como amantes e esposas e mães.
. Confesso que me surpreendeu a importância das mulheres nesta civilização fundamental. Muito se perdeu entretanto, que só agora começa a ser recuperado...
. Confesso que me surpreendeu a importância das mulheres nesta civilização fundamental. Muito se perdeu entretanto, que só agora começa a ser recuperado...
May 1, 2022
Mais conhecido por seus romances históricos, Christian Jacq é pouco considerado em terras tupiniquins justamente por trabalhar com algo que tem pouca visibilidade nas faculdades de História - por motivos óbvios.
As Egípcias é um livro didático sobre o papel social-econômico (e até mesmo político) das mulheres no Antigo Egito.
Embora seja uma obra historiográfica, o texto é fácil, amigável, de pequenos capítulos com mini-tópicos e ilustrações; é óbvia a capacidade do autor em produzir algo de fácil acesso para o leitor leigo, mesmo que esse não tenha sido seu público alvo.
As Egípcias é um livro didático sobre o papel social-econômico (e até mesmo político) das mulheres no Antigo Egito.
Embora seja uma obra historiográfica, o texto é fácil, amigável, de pequenos capítulos com mini-tópicos e ilustrações; é óbvia a capacidade do autor em produzir algo de fácil acesso para o leitor leigo, mesmo que esse não tenha sido seu público alvo.
July 26, 2021
This book paints a very comprehensive picture of what life was probably like for Egyptian women --- regardless of their place in society or level of fame and fortune. My one caveat is that the author idealizes Egypt a little too much for my personal taste, so much so that he refuses to admit known historical facts to fit his rosy view at times. I wish he had been a little more objective, but I don't blame him. Ancient Egypt was an utterly fascinating society.
3.5☆
3.5☆
January 3, 2018
An excellent book about the ancient Egypt. Enjoyed it immensely and read very quickly.
January 21, 2019
Um bom contraponto à nossa visão dos papéis de gênero na antiguidade, tão marcados pelo foco na Grécia e Roma.
January 5, 2021
Realmente un buen trabajo de investigación. Donde aprendes a conocer los privelegios que las mujeres egipcias gozaban durante la época antigua.
July 17, 2013
En un municipio de la Comunidad de Madrid hay un centro de salud en el que se intercambian libros. Para ser más exacta, hay una librería en la que todo el que quiera puede dejar y coger cuantos libros quiera, sin carnet y sin tiempos de devolución. La libertad de la iniciativa me gustó tanto que, a través de un amigo, dejé unos quince y me llevé cuatro. Uno de ellos era Las egipcias de Christian Jacq.
La obra está dividida en cuatro partes: Mujeres en el poder, un repaso extenso por todas las faraones y consortes de la historia del Egipto antiguo, Mujeres enamoradas, esposas y madres, El trabajo de las mujeres e Iniciadas y sacerdotisas. La idea principal que Jacq quiere transmitir es que las mujeres egipcias disfrutaban de una libertad impensable para nosotros. Eran faraones, referentes espirituales, podían casarse o quedarse solteras sin ninguna presión de la sociedad y, en general, sus atribuciones eran muy similares a las de los hombres.
Ameno no es. O a mí no me lo ha parecido. A pesar de su carácter divulgativo, creo que Jacq se pierde demasiado en el lenguaje jeroglífico para explicar conceptos que serían mucho más fáciles de entender con un lenguaje más llano (como el de Tyldesley, por ejemplo). En definitiva, es como un tomo de una enciclopedia al que acudir si se necesitan datos o más información sobre las mujeres en Egipto. Tanto es así que si no hubiera sido por un capítulo dedicado a las plañideras, tema que me interesa muchísimo, mi ejemplar estaría de nuevo en esa librería del centro de salud.
La obra está dividida en cuatro partes: Mujeres en el poder, un repaso extenso por todas las faraones y consortes de la historia del Egipto antiguo, Mujeres enamoradas, esposas y madres, El trabajo de las mujeres e Iniciadas y sacerdotisas. La idea principal que Jacq quiere transmitir es que las mujeres egipcias disfrutaban de una libertad impensable para nosotros. Eran faraones, referentes espirituales, podían casarse o quedarse solteras sin ninguna presión de la sociedad y, en general, sus atribuciones eran muy similares a las de los hombres.
Ameno no es. O a mí no me lo ha parecido. A pesar de su carácter divulgativo, creo que Jacq se pierde demasiado en el lenguaje jeroglífico para explicar conceptos que serían mucho más fáciles de entender con un lenguaje más llano (como el de Tyldesley, por ejemplo). En definitiva, es como un tomo de una enciclopedia al que acudir si se necesitan datos o más información sobre las mujeres en Egipto. Tanto es así que si no hubiera sido por un capítulo dedicado a las plañideras, tema que me interesa muchísimo, mi ejemplar estaría de nuevo en esa librería del centro de salud.
September 16, 2021
Se siete stanchi della retorica femminista degli ultimi anni in ambito saggistico, vi consiglio “Le donne dei faraoni” di Christian Jacq.
Questo saggio è stato scritto nei primi anni del 2000, quindi non è influenzato dalla tendenza degli ultimi anni di ostentare l’importanza delle donne nella Storia, ma è scritto con il solo desiderio di mostrare una ricca e antica cultura, diversa dalla nostra.
Jacq ripercorre la storia dell'antico Egitto attraverso le vite delle donne che hanno ricoperto la carica maggiore dello stato o hanno affiancato il faraone, con un ruolo essenziale nella diade inseparabile della coppia reale. Successivamente racconta in generale la vita quotidiana delle donne: nascita, matrimonio e famiglia (o scelta di non averne) e lavoro; affiancando sempre una testimonianza di una vita reale alla spiegazione.
Ne emerge una società quasi idilliaca, in cui le donne erano davvero pari agli uomini (a volte forse anche superiori, visto che solo le donne potevano governare da sole, mentre i maschi avevano bisogno di una donna al loro fianco) in ogni aspetto della vita e come persero questi diritti quando finirono sotto il dominio greco.
Un saggio interessante, scritto in modo semplice, a volte forse un po’ troppo, perché racconta molte cose ma le approfondisce poco.
Piccolo dettaglio divertente sulla traduzione: la prima volta che ho letto “faraone” riferito ad una donna mi è sembrato assurdo, ma forse chiamarla “faraona” sarebbe stato ancora più strano
Questo saggio è stato scritto nei primi anni del 2000, quindi non è influenzato dalla tendenza degli ultimi anni di ostentare l’importanza delle donne nella Storia, ma è scritto con il solo desiderio di mostrare una ricca e antica cultura, diversa dalla nostra.
Jacq ripercorre la storia dell'antico Egitto attraverso le vite delle donne che hanno ricoperto la carica maggiore dello stato o hanno affiancato il faraone, con un ruolo essenziale nella diade inseparabile della coppia reale. Successivamente racconta in generale la vita quotidiana delle donne: nascita, matrimonio e famiglia (o scelta di non averne) e lavoro; affiancando sempre una testimonianza di una vita reale alla spiegazione.
Ne emerge una società quasi idilliaca, in cui le donne erano davvero pari agli uomini (a volte forse anche superiori, visto che solo le donne potevano governare da sole, mentre i maschi avevano bisogno di una donna al loro fianco) in ogni aspetto della vita e come persero questi diritti quando finirono sotto il dominio greco.
Un saggio interessante, scritto in modo semplice, a volte forse un po’ troppo, perché racconta molte cose ma le approfondisce poco.
Piccolo dettaglio divertente sulla traduzione: la prima volta che ho letto “faraone” riferito ad una donna mi è sembrato assurdo, ma forse chiamarla “faraona” sarebbe stato ancora più strano
October 22, 2012
Świetna książka popularno-naukowa o życiu Egipcjanek za czasów świetności Egiptu. Dzięki Christianowi Jacq przekonałam się jak bardzo się myliłam w swoich wyobrażeniach na temat tamtych czasów. Z szkolnych podręczników do historii pamiętam obrazki niewolników ciągnących ciężkie kamienie i poganianych przez nadzorców z batami. Nie wyglądało to na czasy, w których chciałybyśmy żyć. A może jednak się mylimy? Okazuje się, że kobietom żyło się w Egipcie całkiem nieźle. Lepiej niż w starożytnej Grecji, Rzymie czy średniowiecznej Europie. Przede wszystkim kobiety mogły zajmować najwyższe stanowiska, z faraonem włącznie. Nikogo to nie dziwiło. To Grecy, czy Rzymianie byli zaskoczeni, a ich urzędnicy robili wszystko żeby ograniczyć przywileje kobiet z nad Nilu. Egipcjanki rozbudzały ich wyobraźnię: były pewne siebie, samodzielne, przedsiębiorcze, doskonale wykształcone. Ginekologia i położnictwo stało na bardzo wysokim poziomie. Zresztą kobiety często zajmowały się medycyną. Podobał mi się sposób zawierania małżeństw: mężczyzna budował dom, kiedy skończył zapraszał do niego kobietę. Spisywali od razu umowę, jak dzielą się wspólnym majątkiem w razie rozwodu i to było tyle. Proste?
Polecam, nawet tym osobom, które nie lubią historii, mam na myśli taką "szkolną historię". Sama jej nie cierpiałam.
Polecam, nawet tym osobom, które nie lubią historii, mam na myśli taką "szkolną historię". Sama jej nie cierpiałam.
January 11, 2016
Čítala som ju prvýkrát na strednej, pobláznená Egyptom a vtedy sa mi zdala výborná. Samozrejme pre seriózneho študenta nestačí, ale pre laika zaujímajúceho sa o vec je to podľa mňa dobré a nie príliš náročné čítanie. Akurát na udržanie pozornosti a zároveň na uspokojenie po vedomostiach z danej oblasti.
December 12, 2015
Was a very good book, kind of dated in some ways,but nom the less, a very important book to those seeking to understand Egypt
È um livro muito bom, tem alguns aspectos datados, mas não é nada que o diminua, um livro muito importante para quem procure conhecer o Egipto.
È um livro muito bom, tem alguns aspectos datados, mas não é nada que o diminua, um livro muito importante para quem procure conhecer o Egipto.
October 14, 2011
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May 6, 2016
A very well compilation of great women and their costumes in Egipt.
November 4, 2010
O autor não me consegue desiludir!! :)
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