Osprey's examination of the New Kingdom of Egypt (16th - 11th Century BC) and it's people. Builders of the Pyramids and most ancient of all the powers of the biblical world, the Egyptians remain one of history's most fascinating and enigmatic peoples. During the New Kingdom era, Egypt reached the peak of its power, wealth, and territory. Through the intensive military campaigns of Pharaoh Thutmose III (1490-1436BC), Palestine, Syria, and the northern Euphrates area in Mesopotamia were all brought within the New Kingdom. Mark Healy outlines the history, organisation and dress of the New Kingdom Egyptians in this volume packed with accompanying illustrations and photographs, including 12 full page colour plates by the ever popular Angus McBride.
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An unrivalled illustrated reference source on fighting men and commanders, past and present. Each volume is packed with full colour artwork, making military history uniquely accessible to enthusiasts of all ages.
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Mark Healy was born in 1953. He has a Master’s degree in Political Theology from Bristol University. He is by profession a schoolteacher and is head of the Humanities faculty in a large school in Somerset. He has written a number of Osprey titles including Elite 40 New Kingdom Egypt and Campaign 16 Kursk 1943. He has a great interest in both the ancient and modern periods, is married with one son and lives in Dorset.
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Life-like plates,
By K. Murphy "Fortune favors the Bold" (The thriving metropolis of Masury, OH) - See all my reviews
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The best (and indeed one of the only) books published solely on the armies of New Kingdom Egypt, this is an excellent visual guide in addition to providing good background information on tactics, chariot warfare, training methods, etc. Angus McBride's artworks is incredible as usual, his Hittites and Mitannians being especially powerful.
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The basic content of this book is pretty good, mostly accurate, and interesting. It has lots of editing, proofreading, and problems with the way the book was put together. References to the color artwork are in some cases wrong in the text. The book would be very good if the text and artwork were brought up-to-date, the production problems corrected, and if the artwork was spread out through the book.
The large "tear-drop" shaped penis shield was not worn until the late New Kingdom, so to use it in almost all the paintings is misleading.
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It was in the latter part of the second millennium BC that the ancient Near East witnessed a prolonged and at times bitter contest between the great powers of the day as they vied for control and domination of the Eastern Mediterranean seaboard or Levant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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It was in the latter part of the second millennium BC that the ancient Near East witnessed a prolonged and at times bitter contest between the great powers of the day as they vied for control and domination of the Eastern Mediterranean seaboard or Levant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chariot arm, scale armour, composite bow, body armour Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sea Peoples, Near East, Middle Kingdom, Medinet Habu, British Museum, River Orontes New!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Egypt and the Egyptians by Douglas J. Brewer on page 83
- Qadesh 1300 BC: Clash of the Warrior Kings (Osprey Military Campaign Series) by Mark Healy in Back Matter
- Bronze Age War Chariots (New Vanguard) by Nic Fields in Back Matter
- Warriors & Warlords: The Art of Angus McBride (General Military) by Martin Windrow in Back Matter
- Adrianople AD 378: The Goths crush Rome's legions (Campaign) by Simon MacDowall in Back Matter
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