在人们眼中,埃及女性的地位不如男性,然而她们享有广泛的法定权利和财产自由,可以买卖财产、参加陪审、著立遗嘱及签订合约。埃及不是一个女主外的国家,但在外打拼的女性绝对能得到公平的待遇,与将女性作为男人所有物的古希腊截然不同。古埃及女性还享有婚姻自由,夫妻俩甚至可以制定婚前协议,罗列出女性将在婚后带来的财产,以保证女方在离婚之时得到应有的赔偿。
5. Egyptian workers were known to organize labor strikes.
埃及工人大罢工
Even though they regarded the pharaoh as a kind of living god, Egyptian workers were not afraid to protest for better working conditions. The most famous example came in the 12th century B.C. during the reign of the New Kingdom pharaoh Ramses III. When laborers engaged in building the royal necropolis at Deir el-Medina did not receive their usual payment of grain, they organized one of the first recorded strikes in history. The protest took the form of a sit-in: The workers simply entered nearby mortuary temples and refused to leave until their grievances were heard. The gamble worked, and the laborers were eventually given their overdue rations.
尽管工人将法老视作活着的神,但这并不妨碍他们争取更好工作环境的勇气。最好的例证便是公元前12世纪的大罢工。当时在位的是法老拉美西斯三世,在德尔麦迪那(Deir el-Medina)修建皇家陵墓的工人们并没有像往常一样得到等量谷物,于是工人们便史无前例地组织了罢工。他们在附近的祭庙中静坐,除非不公平待遇得到受理,否则拒绝离开。然而他们这个赌打赢了,当局在了解到他们的意图后,把克扣的份额发给了工人。
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