By Nic Fields
Osprey's survey of the warriors of historical Egypt. The pharaohs of Egypt have captured the mind's eye of readers through the a while. Their life and gear were given a legendary prestige. during this e-book, Nic Fields finds the reality in the back of those myths, and explores the lives of the normal squaddies who have been the could of heart state Egypt. utilizing infrequent artifacts, he items jointly the daily lifestyles of the pharaoh's military, from archers and hand-to-hand combatants, via to the "sole-companions" of the pharaoh.
Quoting from historical assets Dr Fields depicts the battles on land and at sea in dramatic aspect, when forever supplying an extraordinary perception into the trivia of the soldier's lifestyles: from the nutrition he ate via to the gods he worshipped. This booklet is a pride for any reader drawn to the secret of historic Egypt.
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Diodoros Siculus (fl. 40 BC), who is well known for the description of ancient Egypt included in his first book of Bibliotheca Historia, a history of the world from the very earliest times until Caesar's conquest of Gaul, describes Egyptian physicians as civil servants who were fed and housed by the state. 82). Egyptian physicians attached to the armies would most likely have sutured gaping wounds with thread and bandaged others with linen strips. The Egyptians preferred linen to wool, which was considered impure, and its tight weave helped protect wounds from infection by holding dressings in place.
75 quarts]) led to a surprising result. The daily calorific intake per Egyptian bread (Paris, musee du Louvre, E 14673) in the form of a flat cake. Stone-ground flour inevitably contained fragments of stone and sand grains, as is evident here. Over a period of time this wore down the enamel of teeth, causing at best discomfort and pain. (Esther Carre) 51 Wooden model (Paris, musee du Louvre, E 27164), circa 2000 Be, showing men grinding grain next to a brewer. An important part of the Egyptian diet, beer would be prepared in the household.
BEYOND THE BORDER Despite the accomplishment of the Dynasty XII pharaohs in pushing Egypt's political border to Semna on the southern edge of the Second Cataract, Egypt in fact terminated at the First Cataract. Here the Egyptian language and culture found their most southerly exponents in the communities of Swenet (Aswan) and Elephantine. Few in number and isolated in what is essentially an oasis on the Nile, the inhabitants of the cataract region were regarded as 'country bumpkins' speaking a dialect almost unintelligible in the north.