10 Interesting Facts About Ancient Women Which Were Never Told To Us In Schools

In today’s day and age, we see many movements focusing on giving equal rights to women, and this has been the phenomenon for quite a few centuries now. Some movements have become successful, while some of the warriors are still fighting it out. But, you would be surprised to know that during the ancient times, women from some countries had lives which we can never imagine they could be having at that time. Women in different countries had different rights, limitations, interests and hobbies. We are not saying that the discrimination did not prevail in those times, but some women were surely given rights which can be considered unthinkable even today.

Take a look at some of the most interesting facts about the lives of ancient women, and yes, these are those facts which have never been discussed in our history lessons.

1Egyptian women had equal rights to inherit the throne

This may come as the first shocker in this list, but this is true. Women in Egypt had equal rights in most of the matters, including the right to inherit the throne. Any child of the ruler regardless of the gender had equal rights to the throne. Such equality was not prevalent in other ancient kingdoms of that time. Interestingly, the family line was drawn from the mother’s side, instead of the father’s side in ancient Egypt.

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2They could even hold high religious positions

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Now that you have digested the previous fact about ancient Egyptian women, let us tell you that women could also hold high religious positions. One of the positions was that of the “God’s Wife,” which was basically associated with different deities. The other important position was that of “God’s Wife of Amun,” which was an ‘honorary title’ given to women. These women used to assist the high priest in ceremonies and they had to tend to God’s Statue as well. In fact, it was not common for women to be housewives and many of them were professional dancers and musicians as well.

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3Roman girls had their own version of a Barbie

Young girls in ancient Rome used to get married at the age of 12, so their childhood didn’t last really long. But, they still chose to play with toys and one of those toys (a wooden doll) was discovered in a sarcophagus of a girl at the end of the 19^th century. Crepereia Tryphaena was the name of that young girl and she used to live in the 2^nd century Rome. Apart from the doll, a box of clothes for the doll was also found.

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