Violencia física contra el infante en el antiguo Egipto: una realidad o una mala interpretación

Abstract

Did child abuse really exist in ancient Egypt? There are two possible issues to consider in order to answer this question. On the one hand, there is barely any information about these cases in the Egyptian sources. On the other hand, it is not appropriate to use a modern term to make reference to issues of an ancient culture. In fact, the ancient cultures, and above all the Egyptian one, could have a different point of view about life and children. Therefore, the aim of this study is to analyze different examples of child abuse by examining the literary, iconographic and archaeological. sources