"(3) Despite a woman's legal freedom to travel about, folk law and traditions were discouraging of that. ... Hatsheput and Cleopatra are two of the best known examples of this. ... A woman had claims of up to 1/3 of all the community property in her marriage. ... The other 2/3 of the inheritance was divided among their children, followed by the brothers and sisters of the deceased. ... Even if he had other children, he could still adopt his wife so that as one of his legal offspring, she would receive some of the 2/3 share in addition to her normal 1/3 share of the community proper...

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Recognizing the name 'Ptolemy' and 'Cleopatra' in the Greek and demotic sections of the stone allowed him to identify those same names in hieroglyphics. ... Crowell Company, 1962. 3. ...

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Introduction Thru the history many great emperors led their empires through war and peace. But now, it is women's turn. Many great empresses, princess, queens have ornamented history. Through the golden ages of art, years of war women have changed the history of ornamenting themselves in various way...

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