Lovell & Palichuk, Bioarchaeology of Marginalized People, 2019. Women could choose from at least seven professions in ancient Egypt: priestess, musician, singer, dancer, mourner, weaver and midwife.

Item 1 of 3 The face of the "Screaming Woman" mummy, discovered in 1935 at Deir Elbahari near Luxor and dating to about 1500 BC during ancient Egypt?s New Kingdom period, is seen at the Egyptian ...

An ancient Egyptian mummy once believed to be the remains of a male priest is actually the embalmed body of a woman in the third trimester of pregnancy, Polish scientists said on Friday.