ANCIENT EGYPTian weapons
Over its long history the Egyptians utilized a wide range of ancient weapons. Throughout the most punctual periods stone and wood weapons were utilized, these early Egyptian weapons included slings, clubs, tossing sticks, stone maces and stone tipped lances. Horn and wooden bows were likewise built and utilized with stone tipped shafts. By 4000 BC the Egyptians had begun importing obsidian from the Eastern Red Sea ranges for their weapons. This glass like stone has properties that permit it to have a more honed point than the most keen metals; these very nearly molecularly thin razor sharp edges are used even today for surgical blades.
When upper and lower Egypt were initially united and their general public unified around 3150 BC, the Egyptians had recently been using bronze weapons. They used bronze for arrowheads, tomahawks and maces. It was additionally throughout this period that the composite bow came into use, made with horn and wood. Over the accompanying hundreds of years as the Pharaoh's ruled ancient Egyptian culture they started to introduce new weapons, new materials, stock heap arms stockpiles and acquire weapons frameworks from enemies. In the long run these weapons formed into the categories which can be found in the sub pages under the weapons page.
Military historian Mike Loades explores the weapons, from the khopesh to the javelin, that the ancient Egyptians used in war. Then he puts them to the test on a one-of-a-kind chariot ride