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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent unused condition. No notes or highlighting. Name in front. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> From early totalitarian supremacy of the New Kingdom Warfare in Ancient Egypt takes us on a journey which covers 3000 years of continuous development of arms and armour. Flint hand-axes wooden staves and stone bludgeons give way to a sophisticated and even elegant military culture that saw the creation of the composite bow the khepesh the long- sword the javelin and of course the chariot. In this ground-breaking book Bridget McDermott brings new insights to both military history and ancient Egyptian civilisation. There are fascinating divergences between the ‘official’ images and records of war and the experience of the Egyptian land soldier. These have been almost entirely overlooked by historians who have relied heavily on the state and public perspectives of ancient Egypt. Bridget McDermott looks beyond the royal reliefs to explore how the soldiery handled and transported their weapons how their armour functioned and how developments in armour often had a negative impact on the evolution of more effective weaponry. While nobles were given status as officers and charioteers with the king as military leader it was relatively easy for talented commoners to rise through the ranks of the army. Some outstanding commanders even achieved kingship. Through archaeological and anthropological evidence a vivid picture of what battle training and military life was like for the non-elite members of the Egyptian arm