Book contents
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- The Cambridge History of Violence
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume i
- General Introduction: Violence in World History
- Introduction to Volume I
- Part I The Origins of Conflict
- Part II Prehistoric and Ancient Warfare
- 8 Hunting and Warfare:The Ritualisation of Military Violence in Ancient Egypt
- 9 Recent Advances in the Archaeology of Maya Warfare
- 10 Violence and State Power in Early Mesopotamia
- 11 Violence and the Roman Way of Warfare
- 12 Roman Warfare and Military Violence in Late Antiquity
- 13 Violence and Warfare in Early Imperial China
- Part III Intimate and Collective Violence
- Part IV Religion, Ritual and Violence
- Part V Violence, Crime and the State
- Part VI Representations and Constructions of Violence
- Index
- References
8 - Hunting and Warfare:The Ritualisation of Military Violence in Ancient Egypt
from Part II - Prehistoric and Ancient Warfare
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2020
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- The Cambridge History of Violence
- The Cambridge World History of Violence
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Contributors to Volume i
- General Introduction: Violence in World History
- Introduction to Volume I
- Part I The Origins of Conflict
- Part II Prehistoric and Ancient Warfare
- 8 Hunting and Warfare:The Ritualisation of Military Violence in Ancient Egypt
- 9 Recent Advances in the Archaeology of Maya Warfare
- 10 Violence and State Power in Early Mesopotamia
- 11 Violence and the Roman Way of Warfare
- 12 Roman Warfare and Military Violence in Late Antiquity
- 13 Violence and Warfare in Early Imperial China
- Part III Intimate and Collective Violence
- Part IV Religion, Ritual and Violence
- Part V Violence, Crime and the State
- Part VI Representations and Constructions of Violence
- Index
- References
Summary
Upper Egyptian iconography early on equates warfare and hunting as corresponding, ritualised displays of the triumph of order over chaos. Within rituals, displays of physical prowess may represent military activity, and within the realm of actual warfare the subjugation of foreigners may take the form of ritual execrations and the ritualised display of both living and deceased enemies. In the practice of war the Egyptians emphasised manoeuvre over the clash of a shield wall, and captured enemies appear on the whole to have been given a route to acculturation through service to the pharaonic state. Literary sources reveal the use of epistolary taunts in addition to physical violence. As part of the Egyptian concept of the enemy as the opposite of Egypt and order, foreign women tend to appear in a more positive light than do male enemies, and no evidence appears for sexual violence as an element of sanctioned warfare.
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- The Cambridge World History of Violence , pp. 181 - 197Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020