Books by Lina Eckenstein

This 1921 narrative begins in the prehistoric period, suggesting that the inhospitable landscape and climate dissuaded large-scale permanent settlement until the first hermit and monastic communities of the Christian era (although the Egyptians had been drawn there by resources of turquoise and copper), and continues down to the nineteenth century.

Feminist scholar and activist Lina Eckenstein (1857-1931) was educated in modern and medieval European languages, published on art history, and participated in archaeological excavations in Egypt alongside Flinders Petrie. This original and pioneering 1896 study argues that religious life allowed medieval women significant educational and social opportunities.