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Abstract
The importance of the role of women in Ancient Egypt was the main title of many previous studies. Also female occupation in Ancient Egypt was treated before on a less zone. It was never treated as a separate subject; it was a chapter or even a minor issue under the big title of Ancient Egyptian woman.
This study will discuss the female occupation of the lower class of non-royal women in ancient Egypt. The researcher tried to collect all scenes of female occupations from the private tombs and make a comparative study of the scenes through different periods of ancient Egypt.
Female occupations in Ancient Egypt were divided into three main groups. The first group, the performance occupations which includes dancers, musicians and mourners. The second group is the productive occupations which include bakers and brewers, spinners and weavers. While the third group is the service occupations which include agricultural works, maid servants, hairdressers and barters in the market place. There is one last group which is not depicted on walls but may be represented on ostraka, papyrus, statues or just mentioned in texts which is the nursing group including midwives, wetnurses and nannies.
There are many gestures and movements at certain occupations which can be equivalent to our days such as, the acrobatic dances at the tombs of beni Hassan which looks like our modern circus. Some movements from the dancers of the Middle Kingdom look like our modern Egyptian belly dancers. The gesture of the singer to put the hand on the ear for better listening to his voice is still practiced by most oriental singers. All the gestures of mourners from wailing, screaming, beating their breasts, cheeks and heads, throwing dirt on their heads and raising their hands, are all typical movements of mourners in modern Egypt especially in the country side. The mould oven, the quern and the using of sticks to poke the fire are also found in modern days. The using of scoops and sieves of winnowers are still used in agriculture as well as winnowing. The vertical and horizontal looms are still used in the manufacture of hand made carpets. The habits of offering perfume at parties can still be found at the Arab Gulf countries. Egyptian female farmers always were found carrying something on their heads, and walking with great balance even more skillful than fashion models; this pose is depicted several times with females working in the field.
After displaying all these female occupations in ancient Egypt, there is one more occupation left which is considered to be the most important work to women from the dawn of history to our modern day and not only in Egypt but also in the whole world. It is the occupation of a mother which can not be done as perfectly and successfully as her, the ever lasting love, care and giving