Saad Mostafa, K., Mustafa Khalil, I. (2022). The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia. test, 5(1), 179-219. doi: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.236256
Khaled Saad Mostafa; Iman Mustafa Khalil. "The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia". test, 5, 1, 2022, 179-219. doi: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.236256
Saad Mostafa, K., Mustafa Khalil, I. (2022). 'The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia', test, 5(1), pp. 179-219. doi: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.236256
Saad Mostafa, K., Mustafa Khalil, I. The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia. test, 2022; 5(1): 179-219. doi: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.236256

The manifestations of the difference in the form of women in the rock inscriptions of Egypt and Namibia

International Journal of Advanced Studies in World Archaeology
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2022, Pages 179-219    PDF (1.43 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ijaswa.2022.236256
Authors
Khaled Saad Mostafa1; Iman Mustafa Khalil2
1General Director of the General Administration of Prehistoric Archaeology- Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt
2PhD Researcher in Prehistoric Archeology, Faculty of African Studies, Cairo University
Abstract
This research aims to study the manifestations of the difference in the 
form of women in the rock inscriptions as a comparative study 
between Egypt and Namibia, where the rock inscriptions differed to 
show the form of women between Egypt and Namibia in showing the 
human form
Only the rock inscriptions and colored drawings appeared to show the 
form of women in the Egyptian civilization in a simple form, which 
are lines, while not exaggerating to show the details of the body, And 
when we moved from the period of rock art to colored drawings, there 
was an attempt to show some signs of femininity, such as the chest 
and buttocks, relatively more, without prejudice to the nomination 
ratios of the image and the increase of skirts for women.
As for showing the shape of women in rock inscriptions in Namibia, 
there was a very great exaggeration in showing the charms and 
fullness of the body, especially in the chest or buttocks area as well as 
there was an exaggeration in showing the hairstyle, which 
characterized the shape of women in Namibia with features that made 
it easier for scholars to distinguish the human form between a man and 
a woman, but in Egyptian civilization there was difficulty in 
distinguishing the human form, especially for women, from other 
civilizations, and this will be addressed by the research.
Keywords
Neolithic age; Rock Art; Petroglyphs; Human figure; Women; Namibia
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