Ancient Egyptians: The Battle of Megiddo (2003) 1 of 5

This fascinating series utilizes state-of-the-art CGI technology to bring to life ancient Egypt. A series of short stories derived from caches of recovered papyri tell the stories of ancient Egyptians as events come to life. This episodes illustrates ancient Egypt's preparation for war against an Near Eastern power, told through the eyes of a common soldier. Required to leave his family behind, the story chronicles the journey of a common man who must put aside thoughts of home to become a soldier.

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Education

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• Ancient
• Egyptians
• Battle
• of
• Megiddo
• 2003

[BeshoysGirl]

@OSARIOUS LUV U SAID THAT.

[MrLantean]

@darkdanu89 True in those days without the strirrup or saddle, horse riding is not easy. A rider would have to hold the horse mane to keep himself balance. Horses were primarily used to draw chariots. Chariots were the main cavalry force before true cavalry became desicive in battles.

[OSARIOUS]

What ever the bastards may say ..........I will always love you Egypt with the greatest history ever and greatest men we are made for greatness .

[conor845]

his teeth are better than mine, wonder if he's willing to trade

[MrJameseey]

@ryler05 in regards to this battle, he was in fact inexperienced because he had never partaken in war before. The battle of Megiddo was his first campaign.

[ryler05]

Thutmose was not an inexperienced military leader

[kimokamal5]

@bishosdoss he was called Amr ibn el AAss

[darkdanu89]

@shellsy515

Actually you will be surprised to know that there was, in a very small proportion, horseback riding then. There is evidence in several tombs wich do show some egyptians riding. But riders were most likely used as scouts, as there were no stirrups or saddles, making fighting from a horse very hard.

The documentary however makes a mistake in depicting the syrian leaders on horseback. Ancient leaders, wheter they were assyrian, persian, egyptian, were on the more confortable chariots.

[MrBillcale]

love history!

[dan7edan7e]

@shellsy515 that is not true. Horses were domesticated and used to ride on long before ancient Egypt prospered as a first major civilization.