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74 One or two armed men standing on the platforms and carrying bucklers or bows. Almost all soldiers have additionally a battle axe and some of them also a killing knife. These circumstances are characteristics of a certain period of the New Kingdom of Egypt. In order to have their arms free for fighting they used to lash the bridles around their hips. This peculiarity we can find also on Egyptian wall paintings of the New Kingdom (15th to the beginning of the 14th century B.C.). Warriors on the chariot of the picture on page 73 with arms held up, the left warrior bending his bow.
Warriors on a chariot A quadruped resembling a dog 75
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StoneWatch Society for coverage of
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Timna Valley Text and fotos by Jose
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tain prejudice in respect to the Mi
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Two tree trunks about 25 m long lyi
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Northwest rock wall 10 Southern end
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Tunnel wall with more than 30 entra
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14 A cliff of an altar-like structu
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16 Manually shaped flintstone as to
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18 Although the mountain on its pla
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An engraving alongside with the cup
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22 Originally, the surface of this
Page 24 and 25: 24 Wasems , camel and /or Bedouin t
Page 26 and 27: 26 A ploughshare with symbolized dr
Page 28 and 29: 28 The engravings of the so-called
Page 30 and 31: 30 The second epoch of rock writing
Page 32 and 33: 32 Picture of a capricorn drawn in
Page 34 and 35: Lines in form of a tent roof Some u
Page 36 and 37: 36 A wall well fitted with emblems
Page 38 and 39: Two triangulars pointing at each ot
Page 40 and 41: 40 Detail of the Greek inscription.
Page 42 and 43: 42 The bird hovering over a sort of
Page 44 and 45: One more bird, found in the aforeme
Page 46 and 47: 46 On the left, a capricorn decorat
Page 48 and 49: 48 Detail of page 46 precisely show
Page 50 and 51: 50 This detail of the large composi
Page 52 and 53: 52 Detail from page 51. The actual
Page 54 and 55: 54 Detail of the soldier representi
Page 56 and 57: 56 The Romain eagle described alrea
Page 58 and 59: The Romain eagle together with a sc
Page 60 and 61: 60 detail of page 59. This engravin
Page 62 and 63: 62 These are engravings of the find
Page 64 and 65: 64 In the center one recognizes a h
Page 66 and 67: 66 Also accessible for tourists and
Page 68 and 69: A hunter shoots an arrow at a capri
Page 70 and 71: 70 A new type of depicting human be
Page 72 and 73: Detail of the war chariot span of p
Page 76 and 77: 76 Having a close look at the group
Page 78 and 79: 78 Here we have a single man leavin
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