Horses and chariots.

JoatSimeon at aol.com JoatSimeon at aol.com
Tue Feb 1 15:29:48 UTC 2000


>rao.3 at osu.edu writes:

<< If chariots came to Egypt from Mittani Aryans, this doesn't make sense. In
>India, all chariot mounted warriors used the long bow. >>

-- the bow was commonly used in the Middle East, too; eg., there are Hittite
sculptures showing the Hittites using the chariot as an archery platform.

It's been suggested that Egyptians couldn't show foreigners shooting from
chariots because that was an iconographic symbol of conquest and victory.



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