uld own private property and keep as their own upon marriage, they were free to leave their properties when they pleased, if widowed they would inherit one third of their husbands property and were free to leave theirs to anyone they chose.
             In theory the women of Medina were not expected to be literate or educated, however evidence is found of women reading and writing. Letters from husbands to wives asking favours or giving instructions ( for example in the case of the male being away on business) provide sufficient evidence to prove that some women were skilled in such areas. Compared to the literacy rate of the rest of Egypt which hovered at 1-2%, Deir El Medina was discovered to have extraordinary levels o
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