Weaponry Technology in Ancient Egypt

The Khepesh
Sarah Shepherd

Context Bibliography
Loades, Mike, Swords and Swordsmen (London: Pen &
Sword Military, 2010)

New Kingdom Egypt (c. 1550 BCc. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Accession No:
33.8.5
1077 BC
Shaw, Ian, Egyptian warfare and weapons (London: Shire
Publications, 1991)
Uckelmann, Marion, Bronze Age Warfare: Manufacture
A period of military supremacy and Use of Weaponry (Oxford: BAR International Series
2255, 2011
Yadin, Yagael, The Art of Warfare in Biblical Lands: In
Light of Archaeological Discovery, (New York and
Adoption of foreign technology London: Volume 2, 1963)

Methodology Research Goals

Captions to be set in Times or
Times New Roman or
equivalent, italic, between 18
and 24 points. Right aligned if

Catalogue examples of the sword in it refers to a figure on its

right. Caption starts right at
Metallurgical Process
the top edge of the picture
public and private collections (graph or photo).

Establish Typology
Catalogue Iconographic evidence

Address the issue of functionality

Data analysis

Database creation

Captions to be set in Times or Times New Roman or equivalent, italic, 18 to 24 points, With Thanks
to the length of the column in case a figure takes more than 2/3 of column width.
Dr Peter Halkon University of Hull
Ministry of State for Antiquities, Egypt