Troop of Egyptian Archers , from the Tomb of Prince Mesehti at ᴀssyut, Middle Kingdom
They are wearing red kilts with green designs and a flap of cloth in the center decorated with green geometrical designs…
The archers are all shown barefoot, with their left legs stretched forward so that they appear to be marching in unison with long strides…
The picture on top, African archers of the Nile Valley (Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti..). The two others pictures depict their ancestors in Kemet and Kush.
The Tarifian, Badarian and Tasian cultures of Middle and Upper Egypt have strong ties with the Nubian/Nilotic pastoral tradition, as can be inferred, for instance, by the very similar pottery, economy and settlement pattern and by the latest findings in the deserts surrounding the Egyptian Nile Valley. They are native African nothing arab or white caucasian or such thing as “Mediterranean”.
Ancient Egypt was Deeply an African civilization. Saying that, doesn’t mean all Africans belong to Egypt. But studying the civilization of Ancient Egypt from an anthropological, cultural, and religious perspective reveals its fundamentally Black African essence. This is evident as the cultural heritage of this civilization persists today exclusively in sub-Saharan Africa (especially Est-Africa), and not in Asia or Europe.
Model of Nubian Archers
These wooden model of 40 Nubian archers are grouped together on the same pedestal and arranged in 10 rows of four. Each archer is holding in one hand a bow and in the other a bunch of arrows.
They are wearing red kilts with green designs and a flap of cloth in the center decorated with green geometrical designs. They wear black curly wigs, white headbands, anklets, and necklaces. The whites of their eyes give life to the black bodies. The archers are all shown barefoot, with their left legs stretched forward so that they appear to be marching in unison with long strides.
Nubian Archers
The artist varied the decorations on the shields to add interest and break up the monotony of the group, and also portrayed them with different facial features and heights to create liveliness.
Mesehti was an ancient Egyptian nomarch of the 13th nomos of Upper Egypt (“the Upper Sycamore”) around 2000 BCE, during the 11th Dynasty. He also was seal-bearer and overseer of the priests of Wepwawet. He is well known for his funerary equipment, found in Asyut at the end of 19th century during an illegal excavation.
Model of Nubian Archers
They were found in the Tomb of Mesehti at Asyut around 2000 BC, during the 11th Dynasty. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 30969; CG 275
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