In this volume the presupposition is investigated whether women in a polytheistic society had a better position than women in a monotheistic society. To this en

A detailed and thorough study of the documents found at the ancient site of Ugarit in present-day northern Syria, illuminating the status of women in that cultu

This volume challenges patrimonialism as a political model for the ancient Near East by engaging with letters and legal texts concerning royal women at Late Bro

This volume looks at how the issues of textiles and gender intertwine across three millennia in antiquity and examines continuities and differences across time