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

daggers.
After the bowmen, either on foot or on horse buggies, which in Egypt are called chariots., had softened up the enemy forces with a shower of arrows , the infantry would rush in, breaking their ranks with hand weapons, maces with wooden handles and stone.

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

rugged.
Egyptian Battle axes:
Another weapon that the Egyptians developed with an Egyptian style was the battle axe. The first Egyptian battle axes were produced during the Old Kingdom period, around 2000 BC, and were constructed of bronze. Their crowned shaped blades were placed into grooves on long handles. This was a weaker joint than the axes made by their generations that had a hole through the axe head that the handle fit through, but it served their purpose of cutting unarmored troops and slicing through the hide covered, wood framed shields used at the time. However, once they met the Sea-peoples and the Hyksos they found their axes to be useless and changed their design. Egyptian axes could be used for hacking or be thrown.
Another, interesting and all Egyptian weapon is a fan like axe. This weapon had a fan shaped head used for slashing, mounted on a pole. Although, this weapon isn't a true axe and may have been for presentation uses only.
The Egyptian weapons varied, and the ancient armies of Egypt would use multiple tactics to confuse and overcome their foes. The Egyptian weapon choice reflected this, but not afraid of close combat either, the Egyptian army men would quite happily use swords and axes too.
Before closing the distance the Egyptians would use their long range weapons like the bow and arrow, spears, throw sticks and slings to pound their foes from a long distance. Once the Egyptian warriors had softened them up, they would consider their next move. If they chose what would do next they would move forward. If they thought they needed durable weapons they would then again soften up their opponents and move in with less-sturdier weapons and take them out.
These are just some of the weapons Ancient Egyptians used. There are lots more, that were not listed or not given information on. A lot of Ancient Egyptian weapons were most likely used by Ancient Egyptians that we don’t know about because Ancient Egyptians were around a long time ago.