Ancient Egypt Weapons Research Paper

Ancient Egyptians weapons are nothing like the ones we have. They didn’t have guns then and they’re weapons were made mostly of wood. Ours today, are made mostly of metal. There is a wide range weapons in ancient Egypt. Some of these weapons include, a bow and arrow, daggers, shields, spears, short sticks. Quivers and combat axes came into battles before the 2nd termediary Period. This period was an upset period for ancient Egypt. The earliest arrowheads were made of copper which was hammered into shape. The main weapon in Ancient Egyptian warfare was the bow. Nubian mercenaries formed the best archery teams in ancient egyptian warfare history. The army of the New Kingdom, which came from Ancient Egypt, carried spears, battle axes, and

Later on Egyptians found it was better using metal weapons were better than wooden weapons. The Ancient Egyptians SLOWLY switched over to using these metal weapons instead of wooden weapons. The helmets Ramses the 3rd ordered looked like Syrian helmets, the main difference being that the Syrian helmet was decorated with a horsetail while the Egyptian had cords ending in necklaces. The body armor was made of a leather jacket covered with tiny metal plates, which didn’t completely protect the soldier from arrows and other weapons. In Ancient Egypt they didn’t produce enough metal to make this armor and metal weapons at first, then they started producing more and more metal eventually becoming enough to make these new metal weapons and armor, which, is why they slowly switched over to metal objects.
The Mace:
The mace was a type of night stick/bat that was used in wars. It was a powerful weapon, made of rock and wood, that could be fatal if the Egyptian using the mace was really