8ft-long prenuptial shows the power of Egyptian women

Posted On: Aug 21st, 2015 at 14:31

Egypt
It seems ancient Egyptian women were not just powerful leaders, but powerful negotiators as well.
An 8ft-long prenuptial agreement, written on papyrus, has been found dating to approximately 465 BC.
The agreement states that should the couple divorce, the wife would receive 1.2 pieces of silver and 36 bags of grain each year for the rest of her life!
Wow, I couldn’t even afford that today! 🙂
There was a small catch though – the would-be wife had to pay 30 pieces of silver up front to her partner to make the agreement in the first place!
This may surprise some people but in fact it was very common in the ancient world for women to have many rights and equality.
We still have a long way to go to match the level of Egyptian inventiveness.

http://www.rt.com/news/312436-egyptian-women-massive-prenups/