1. A HISTORICAL PROFILE OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY Since paleolithic to egitian time

2. paleolithic

10. From this period go back thousands of pictures feminine stone carvings, sculptures, many of these have been defined by scholars "Venus prehistoric.

11. VENUS of Willendorf (Austria)

13. Venere di Sevignano e Venere di Lespugue

14. These small statues which stand out in the physical features of the woman-mother's belly, big breasts, etc.., Characters that have given rise to the hypothesis of a primitive cult for an unidentified mother goddess, the giver of life and fertility.

15. The woman in the Bronze Age: the Homeric society. 800a.c. The wives of the heroes were "wives, queens and landlord" and against the will of his father's second marriage, often, the marriage bond was a tangible sign of an alliance between two families, although it is possible that later she could win the affection of her husband. (see the example of Penelope and Odysseus).

16. RECOSTRUTION OF AN ITALIAN AND A FRENCH HUTS

17. BRONZE AGE In any case, the patriarchal order on which society is based Homeric limited the functions of women. Its beauty is sung by Homer when he describes both Helen and Penelope beautiful woman capable of passionate feeling and great sacrifices.

18. The Egyptian woman (2500 ... ... 500 BC) Although living in very distant age, belonged to a civilized people. Its refinement can be seen in the makeup and clothes. Thin slender, thick lips and eyes that accentuated a gazelle with a showy trick. Her charm, her grace and dignity made her infinitely lovable. In the paints the woman was in the pale yellow,man brown,because the women were trying to keep the skin clear as possible, considering it a sign of beauty and distinction. Ancient Egyptian texts recommended man to love and respect the bride. The Egyptian woman working at home, make bread, beer, and control all activities of the house .

29. TOOLS

30. BRONZE VASES

31. FURNACE FOR THE BRONZE MELTING

33. Human skeletons near Nola

35. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS Almost nothing we know of the religious beliefs of the ancient inhabitants of the village excavation of a necropolis in the Early Bronze Age in San Paolo Belsito made during 2000 begin to provide some information about the funerary rituals and beliefs in the afterlife. Precious was the discovery in the hut in the cavity number four of the settlement of Nola of a small statue of a female of about 10 cm high, rough clay, modeled by hand.

36. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS The head appears devoid of the neck and with the details of the face in a brief, but effective means in the clay raw impressions, the hairdo is a hair long, perhaps collected in a braid or a tail, behind the neck. The body is stretched, the legs short and wide apart, hands stretched forward without right hand In the figure, represented bare breasts are accentuated and highlighted the pubis. A small hole, deep enough, practiced at the base of the statue, between the legs, used for entering a small auction who held up the building. It is likely that the statue is an idol of worship.

38. THE HEADDRESS OF THE SHAMAN Another important concern is the finding of a particular object, a headdress, consisting of plates of wild boar tusks polished and drilled, so that could be linked together to create items pendulum things, which descended from a central part, formed by the tusks boar longer, perhaps on a fixed cap of leather, has posed problems of interpretation. The findings, found in hut 2, which was to be inhabited by a few people, if not by a single individual, did make the assumption that we can be an object from the ceremony, which was worn in specific situations or during rituals , the shaman of the village, which is not excluded, could be a woman.