المرأة في الحضارة القرطاجية

Abstract

The Carthaginian woman played an active role in building society and worked on two levels: the private life in the home, where she was the wife, mother, and educator, and the second, participation in religious and political matters. The highest centers in the kingdom, including the rulers, queens, and wives of the king, the most prominent of which are two figures, Elissa, the founder and Safonisbah, as well as the wife of Hasdrubal. Her beauty, which is comparable to the beauty of the Greeks, and she paid much attention to her external appearance, so she had her own makeup and created many mixtures to take care of her skin, in addition to that she took care of the appearance of her hair, so she distinguished various hairstyles and differed according to each period of time in line with the fashion of her era, and she was decorated with ornaments and jewelry such as earrings, rings and bracelets.