



Combat car, Tutamkhamun at the Museum of the CairoEl truck, along with the horse, was introduced into Egypt during the rule of the Hyksos in the 16th century a. c. emergence of a professional army in the new Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570 – 1070 BC) is closely linked to the largest projection, especially military, toward the palestino-sirio world - result among other things of the defeat of the Hyksos - and to the emergence of a new type weapon: truck war. It is of the first weapon collective, element characteristic of them armies developed. But it can only be understood in its conception as a triad of vehicle, weapon offense (the composite bow) and provision of trained horses. There are numerous representations of chariots which shows the richness of their ornaments in the remains that have come down to us of the art of ancient Egypt and Assyria. Those trucks Egyptian and Assyrian, in which the main weapon was the bow, used to go equipped with quivers full of arrows. The Egyptian added the yoke to their trucks to 1500 to. C. Them exemplary best preserved of trucks Egyptian are the six that is found in the tomb of Tutankhamun.


