Editing Women's rights (section)

==== Egypt ====
{{Main|Women in ancient Egypt}}

[[File:Hatshepsut.jpg|thumb|left|Statue of the female pharaoh [[Hatshepsut]] on display at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]|144x144px]]

In ancient Egypt, women enjoyed the same rights under the law as a man, however rightful entitlements depended upon [[social class]]. Landed property descended in the female line from mother to daughter, and women were entitled to administer their own property. Women in ancient Egypt could buy, sell, be a partner in [[legal contract]]s, be executors in wills and witnesses to legal documents, bring court action, and adopt children.<ref>{{cite news|author=Joshua J. Mark |url=https://www.worldhistory.org/article/623/ |title=Women in Ancient Egypt |newspaper=[[World History Encyclopedia]] |date = 4 November 2016|access-date=26 July 2017}}</ref>