關于埃及的神秘文化你不知道的10件事

4. Egyptian women had a wide range of rights and freedoms.
古埃及女性具有廣泛的權利和自由

While they may have been publicly and socially viewed as inferior to men, Egyptian women enjoyed a great deal of legal and financial independence. They could buy and sell property, serve on juries, make wills and even enter into legal contracts.
人們普遍認為古埃及女性地位不如男性，盡管如此，但她們仍享有廣泛的法定權利，并且經濟相對獨立。她們可以自由買賣財產，參與陪審，訂立遺囑，甚至簽訂合同。

Egyptian women did not typically work outside the home, but those who did usually received equal pay for doing the same jobs as men.
在古埃及，一般女性并不會在外勞作，但在外勞作的女性通常能獲得和男性相等的報酬。

Unlike the women of ancient Greece, who were effectively owned by their husbands, Egyptian women also had the right to divorce and remarry.
古希臘的女性實際上是丈夫的所有物，而與之不同的是，古埃及女性同樣有權利選擇離婚或再婚。

Egyptian couples were even known to negotiate an ancient prenuptial agreement. These contracts listed all the property and wealth the woman had brought into the marriage and guaranteed that she would be compensated for it in the event of a divorce.
這里的夫妻甚至還會簽訂婚前協議。在婚前協議上會清楚列出女性結婚時所攜帶的嫁妝，并且，一旦離婚，將確保女性能得到一定的賠償。