The so-called Will of Naunakhte (1154 BCE) has become rightly famous in
Egyptology. So where did she come from and what really happened to her
eight surviving children, four of whom were daughters? By carefully
studying the documents mentioning members of the family and including
all the material mentioning the women of the New Kingdom village of Deir
al-Medina and other sources, the author once again puts to the forefront
the remarkable role played by ordinary women in ancient Egypt.