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Paper Abstract: Discusses the participation of women in ancient Greece and Egypt in funerary, religious, and intellelctual activities. Contends that although women played a limited role, it was a significant one. Paper Introduction: Ancient Egyptian and Greek Women In both ancient Egypt and Greece women played a significant iflimited role in both religion and funerary activities contributing to theintellectual productions of both societies to varying degrees at differentpoints in history Blundell and Williamson The women of ancientEgypt as described by Barbara Lesko functioned as female prophets temple priestesses and among royal women as various incarnations of theGod\'s Wife or the Divine Wife of Amun Though significant the literaturesuggests that the position of women in terms Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. 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