Wealth distribution in an ancient Egyptian society
A.Y. Abul-Magd

TL;DR
This paper compares wealth distribution in ancient Egyptian society, using house sizes as a proxy, to modern wealth distributions, revealing insights into societal structure during the 14th century BC.
Contribution
It introduces a novel method of estimating ancient wealth distribution through house area measurements and compares it with modern data.
Findings
House area distribution reflects wealth inequality in ancient society
Ancient wealth distribution shows similarities to modern patterns
Provides a new perspective on societal structure in ancient Egypt
Abstract
Modern excavations yielded a distribution of the house areas in the ancient Egyptian city Akhetaten, which was populated for a short period during the 14th century BC. Assuming that the house area is a measure of the wealth of its inhabitants allows us to make a comparison of the wealth distributions in ancient and modern societies.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAncient Egypt and Archaeology
