Startled about sexual assault in ancient Egypt

The ancient 3,000-year-old Egyptian papyrus found by experts is part of a document called Papyrus Salt 124. The document is now preserved and preserved by the British Museum. This may be the first sexual assault crime case in history brought to trial.

This document was compiled by Amennakht - a famous craftsman and colleague of Paneb. The content was written inside the papyrus piece about Paneb 's depraved behavior - the supervisor of the construction of the pharaoh's tombs.

Paneb is described as having caused a series of women cases in Thebes in 1200 BC (now Luxor, Egypt).

Part of Papyrus Salt document 124.

Brooklyn historian Carly Silver - said the papyrus document shows that ancient society had punished criminals of sexual assault, not even men who took advantage of power to attack women. must be an exception."Amennakht accused Paneb of taking his job, benefiting from the construction of temples and tombs, destroying sacred places, killing 9 people in one night, taking advantage of royal workers for personal purposes and sexually abusing some women in the region, " said historian Carly Silver.

In fact, the name Paneb is no stranger to Egyptian historians. The reason is because Henry Salt - a historian who brought the Papyrus Salt 124 to the British Museum. In 1929, Czech archaeologist Jaroslav Cerny made a small translation of the Papyrus Salt 124, which revealed many crimes about Paneb. Accordingly, historians are very serious about studying the content that accuses Paneb of sex offenses written in the 3,000-year-old papyrus.

Paneb's fate in the face of these allegations is the question of many people. According to archaeologist Rowland Enmarch of the University of Liverpool, illicit relationships with married women in ancient Egyptian society have always been regarded as moral decadence. Things will get worse if it is rape."Sleeping with married women - whether voluntary or not - is unacceptable and the use of force to force the opponent will make the crime worse," Enmarch said.

According to Enmarch historian, Paneb may be executed but the cause may be because of siphoning materials when building royal tombs."It is not clear whether the abuse of sexual assault has been executed in ancient Egypt, but it is certain that the theft of pharaoh's assets is a minor crime , " Enmarch said.