6th Grade Social Studies March 2014 Vol 1 | Page 23

Weapons of the Egyptians
By Jake McPherson

The Egyptian military was one of the best of

its time. They were very advanced when it
can to arms and armor. There were many
destructive weapons used by the Egyptian
military of that time that they used to defend
and attack neighboring civilizations. A few of
them are the klepesh, the chariot, and the
long sword. With weapons like the kelpesh,
chariot, and long sword, they barely needed
any armor!

A khpesh is a curved sword used by
the Egyptians. The author of the book, How
We Know About the Egyptians states that it
was of the main weapons used by the
Egyptian military. This weapon was made of
wood with a blade inside bump-like curve.
The part of the weapon that looks like a hill
was used to hit
the enemy and
disorient them
instead
of
killing them.
Egyptian
solders could take the blade part, hook it
around the opponent’s head, pull down and
POP. The opponent no longer has a head. The
khepesh was a deadly weapon that the
Egyptian wielded with power.

A chariot was another ancient
Egyptian weapon. It involves two horses and
two men. If you don’t already know, a chariot
is made of wood and pulled two horses into
battle. According to How We Know About the
Egyptians, “Chariots consist of two people, a
driver and an archer.” The driver controls the
horses and the archer shoots arrow after

arrow at opposing forces. Usually, the
Pharaohs fought in
the chariots with
bows and arrows.
The chariot in the
ancient Egyptian
desert
is
the
equivalent to a tank on the modern
battlefield.

The long sword is another weapon
that helped the Egyptians. The log sword is
one of the first weapons the Egyptians used
as mentioned in How We Know About the
Egyptians. The solders that carried the long
sword usually carried a small dagger called a
dirk as a backup weapon. “The dagger, or
dirk, sometimes had a handle made of gold in
the case of wealthy solders,” claimed the
author of How We Know About the Egyptians.
Long swords saved many lives in the battles
in which the Egyptians fought.

The Egyptian military was one of the
best of that time. The khelpesh, chariot, and
the long sword are weapons of destruction.
Egyptians barely needed armor. All they had
was a shield made of cow hide. Having these
weapons boosted the Egyptian’s moral and
helped them take over more land or defend
their empire. When it comes to weapons, the
Egyptians are very advanced.