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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
with this, and with shield and spear, think them-
selves a match for their more civilised rivals
who possess guns. Of defensive weapons,
the principal one with the ancient Egyptian
was undoubtedly the shield. The quilted
helmet even was of less consequence, and the
cuirass made of metal plates or quilted with
metal was of secondary consideration. From
the idea of the army of the Egyptians in the
time of Ramses II., which the paintings and
sculptures in tombs and on
temple walls enable us to form,
we may picture the armed figure
of the Amalekite. It seems that the Egyptians
had two kinds of spear, one made of wood,
six feet in length, stout, with a large head of
iron or bronze, to be used only for thrusting;
the other, lighter and shorter, with a tapering
head, capable of being darted at the enemy
Besides these there was a javelin in common
use, made of reed, with a metal head. It was
altogether an inferior weapon, but it was just
VVADY MUKATTEB.
the Weapon —akin tO the long tufted SpearS The strange shapes of the weather-worn sandstone rocks arealmost as
noteworthy as the Sinaitic inscriptions. In the inscriptions repre-
Olie Sees in the hands Of the Adwan Arabs- sented in this illustration the camel recurs frequently.
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
with this, and with shield and spear, think them-
selves a match for their more civilised rivals
who possess guns. Of defensive weapons,
the principal one with the ancient Egyptian
was undoubtedly the shield. The quilted
helmet even was of less consequence, and the
cuirass made of metal plates or quilted with
metal was of secondary consideration. From
the idea of the army of the Egyptians in the
time of Ramses II., which the paintings and
sculptures in tombs and on
temple walls enable us to form,
we may picture the armed figure
of the Amalekite. It seems that the Egyptians
had two kinds of spear, one made of wood,
six feet in length, stout, with a large head of
iron or bronze, to be used only for thrusting;
the other, lighter and shorter, with a tapering
head, capable of being darted at the enemy
Besides these there was a javelin in common
use, made of reed, with a metal head. It was
altogether an inferior weapon, but it was just
VVADY MUKATTEB.
the Weapon —akin tO the long tufted SpearS The strange shapes of the weather-worn sandstone rocks arealmost as
noteworthy as the Sinaitic inscriptions. In the inscriptions repre-
Olie Sees in the hands Of the Adwan Arabs- sented in this illustration the camel recurs frequently.