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William boyd watterson ii born july 5, 1958 is an american former cartoonist and the author of the comic strip calvin and hobbes, which was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. She is currently a freelance lecturer in egyptology, working, in particular, in adult education. Women in ancient egypt by barbara watterson, paperback. Research papers on the gods of ancient egypt gods of ancient egypt were so pertinent to society because they reflected and influenced politics, especially the rise and fall of specific dynasties. Women in ancient egypt by barbara watterson alibris. Barbara wattersons gods of ancient egypt explores the main characteristics of ancient egyptian religions and provides the first book to trace the origins of all the major deities of ancient egypt. The egyptians didnt exactly figure the afterlife out. On close to 4000 years of evolution, the religious ideas indeed varied considerably, and it would be more discriminating to speak of the religions of egypt. This history of womens lives in pharaonic egypt may seem clearcut. The series is intended to serve the interests of general readers, students, and educators who wish to explore the ancient near eastern roots of western civilization or to compare these earliest written expressions of human thought.