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Where can I find out more?

For further reading on the subject of education in ancient Egypt, check out the following books:
 
Bowman, A.K., Egypt after the Pharaohs, 332 BC- AD 642: From Alexander to the Arab Conquest. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1990.
Bowman, A.K., and Greg Woolf, edd. Literacy and Power in the Ancient World. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1996
Clarke,M.L. Higher Education in the Ancient World. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 1971.
Cribiore, R. Writing, Teachers, and Students in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Scholars Press, Atlanta. 1996.
Cribiore, R. Gymnastics of the Mind. Princeton University Press, Princeton. 2001.
Rowlandson, J., ed. Women & Society in Greek and Roman Egypt: A Sourcebook. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 1998.