- Hardcover: 215 pages
- Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd (19 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750932910
- ISBN-13: 978-0750932912
- Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 17 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 550,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In a book that brings new insights into both military history and the history of ancient Egyptian civilisations, Bridget McDermott surveys three thousand years of continuous development of arms and armour, beginning with the early predynastic culture and ending in the totalitarian supremacy of the New Kingdom. She offers a clear account of the origins of Egyptian military structures, their relationship to other ancient and modern African societies and the fascinating divergences between the 'official' images and records of war and the experience of the Egyptian landsoldier. Warfare in Ancient Egypt takes the reader from the manufacture and use of flint hand-axes, wooden staves and stone bludgeons, through the origins of organised fighting groups under the command of a leader, and into the sophisticated and even elegant military culture that saw the composite bow, the khepesh, the sword, the javelin and above all the chariot. This aspect of Egyptian history has been almost entirely overlooked and, in this lavishly illustrated book, Bridget McDermott is able to present a vivid picture of what battle, training and military life was like for the non-elite members of the Egyptian armies
About the Author
Bridget McDermott has a degree in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool and a doctorate from the University of Manchester, researching the Egyptian military. She is the author of Decoding Hieroglyphs, which won the Longman-History Today New Generation Historical Book of the Year Prize in 2002. She lives in Glastonbury, England.
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This is a very good survey of the weapons of Ancient Egypt, rather than warfare in general. The author examines the surviving weapons and contemporary images in great depth, and draws her conclusions from these. The author has a doctorate for her Egyptian military studies, and the book appears to be a development of her thesis.
The book has only three chapters and three appendices:
P001: Ancient Warfare
P039: Middle Kingdom Warfare
P085: New Kingdom Warfare
P181: Appendices
P194: Bibliography
P210: Index
Each chapter covers one of the main periods of Egyptian history, and the size is dictated by the amount of evidence available. The sections of Chapter Two, for example, are A History of Middle Kingdom Warfare; Siege Warfare; A History of Fortification; The Soldiers of King Mentuhopte II; Soldiers and Armour; Soldiers and Archery; Soldiers and Hatchets; Soldiers and Spears; Soldiers and Mace; Soldiers and Throwsticks. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs of the said evidence, wall-paintings or the artefacts themselves.
The book is eminently readable, and the author makes a number of interesting observations, comparing the behaviour of current African tribal people to that of the Ancient Egyptians to give insight. One thing that definitely came through for me was the brutality of life and warfare in the period, something not always brought out in other books on Egyptian warfare - the massacres and sacrifices of prisoners, for example.
For a wider view of Ancient Egyptian warfare, not just a weapons-based study, I would recommend the following, but as well as, not instead of this book.
Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt (Warrior)
Egyptian (Armies of the Past)
The book has only three chapters and three appendices:
P001: Ancient Warfare
P039: Middle Kingdom Warfare
P085: New Kingdom Warfare
P181: Appendices
P194: Bibliography
P210: Index
Each chapter covers one of the main periods of Egyptian history, and the size is dictated by the amount of evidence available. The sections of Chapter Two, for example, are A History of Middle Kingdom Warfare; Siege Warfare; A History of Fortification; The Soldiers of King Mentuhopte II; Soldiers and Armour; Soldiers and Archery; Soldiers and Hatchets; Soldiers and Spears; Soldiers and Mace; Soldiers and Throwsticks. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs of the said evidence, wall-paintings or the artefacts themselves.
The book is eminently readable, and the author makes a number of interesting observations, comparing the behaviour of current African tribal people to that of the Ancient Egyptians to give insight. One thing that definitely came through for me was the brutality of life and warfare in the period, something not always brought out in other books on Egyptian warfare - the massacres and sacrifices of prisoners, for example.
For a wider view of Ancient Egyptian warfare, not just a weapons-based study, I would recommend the following, but as well as, not instead of this book.
Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt (Warrior)
Egyptian (Armies of the Past)
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Weaponry of Ancient Egypt
10 Oct 2011
Format:Hardcover
This is a very good survey of the weapons of Ancient Egypt, rather than warfare in general. The author examines the surviving weapons and contemporary images in great depth, and draws her conclusions from these. The author has a doctorate for her Egyptian military studies, and the book appears to be a development of her thesis.
The book has only three chapters and three appendices:
P001: Ancient Warfare
P039: Middle Kingdom Warfare
P085: New Kingdom Warfare
P181: Appendices
P194: Bibliography
P210: Index
Each chapter covers one of the main periods of Egyptian history, and the size is dictated by the amount of evidence available. The sections of Chapter Two, for example, are A History of Middle Kingdom Warfare; Siege Warfare; A History of Fortification; The Soldiers of King Mentuhopte II; Soldiers and Armour; Soldiers and Archery; Soldiers and Hatchets; Soldiers and Spears; Soldiers and Mace; Soldiers and Throwsticks. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs of the said evidence, wall-paintings or the artefacts themselves.
The book is eminently readable, and the author makes a number of interesting observations, comparing the behaviour of current African tribal people to that of the Ancient Egyptians to give insight. One thing that definitely came through for me was the brutality of life and warfare in the period, something not always brought out in other books on Egyptian warfare - the massacres and sacrifices of prisoners, for example.
For a wider view of Ancient Egyptian warfare, not just a weapons-based study, I would recommend the following, but as well as, not instead of this book.
Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt (Warrior)
Egyptian (Armies of the Past)
The book has only three chapters and three appendices:
P001: Ancient Warfare
P039: Middle Kingdom Warfare
P085: New Kingdom Warfare
P181: Appendices
P194: Bibliography
P210: Index
Each chapter covers one of the main periods of Egyptian history, and the size is dictated by the amount of evidence available. The sections of Chapter Two, for example, are A History of Middle Kingdom Warfare; Siege Warfare; A History of Fortification; The Soldiers of King Mentuhopte II; Soldiers and Armour; Soldiers and Archery; Soldiers and Hatchets; Soldiers and Spears; Soldiers and Mace; Soldiers and Throwsticks. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs of the said evidence, wall-paintings or the artefacts themselves.
The book is eminently readable, and the author makes a number of interesting observations, comparing the behaviour of current African tribal people to that of the Ancient Egyptians to give insight. One thing that definitely came through for me was the brutality of life and warfare in the period, something not always brought out in other books on Egyptian warfare - the massacres and sacrifices of prisoners, for example.
For a wider view of Ancient Egyptian warfare, not just a weapons-based study, I would recommend the following, but as well as, not instead of this book.
Soldier of the Pharaoh: Middle Kingdom Egypt (Warrior)
Egyptian (Armies of the Past)
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