Some Weapons of the Gods in Ancient Egypt until the End of the New Kingdom

Document Type : Original Article

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Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City

Abstract

This paper studies the appearance and role of some weapons associated with the gods in ancient Egypt and shows its aspects and its scenes. The paper concluded that the physical weapons which appeared with the gods were used in the battles and conflicts from ancient times so most of the gods who used these weapons were represented in human form or in animal form with human hands holding the weapons. In addition to the physical weapons, there were incorporeal weapons such as magic. The hands and wings were used also for protection.

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