The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . an auxiliaries, some of which are representedat Delr el-Bahari (Dumichen, Die Flotte einer JUgyptischen EHiiigin, pis. vi., xi.; Mariette, Deirel-Bahari, pi. 12) ; others of Asiatic origin are found under Amenuthes r\. (Lepsius, Denhm., iii. 92),but they are not represented on the monuments among tlie regular troops until the reign of Kamses II.,when the Shardana appear for the first time among the kings body-guard (E. de Eouge, Extrait dunMemoire sur les attaques des peuples de la mer, pp. 23-25). THE nORSE AND THE WAR-CHARIOT. 215 sin
The struggle of the nations - Egypt, Syria, and Assyria . an auxiliaries, some of which are representedat Delr el-Bahari (Dumichen, Die Flotte einer JUgyptischen EHiiigin, pis. vi., xi.; Mariette, Deirel-Bahari, pi. 12) ; others of Asiatic origin are found under Amenuthes r\. (Lepsius, Denhm., iii. 92),but they are not represented on the monuments among tlie regular troops until the reign of Kamses II.,when the Shardana appear for the first time among the kings body-guard (E. de Eouge, Extrait dunMemoire sur les attaques des peuples de la mer, pp. 23-25). THE nORSE AND THE WAR-CHARIOT. 215 since the invasion of the Shephertls, a new element had been incorporated intothe modern army in the shape of the chariotry, which answered to some extentto the cavalry of our day as regards their tactical employment and efficacy.^Tlie horse, when once introduced into Egypt, soon became fairly adapted to itsenvironment. It retained both its height and size, keeping the convex fore-head—which gave the head a slightly curved profile—the slender neck, the. A PLATOON OP EGYPTIAN ARCHERS AT llEIK narrow hind-quarters, the lean and sinewy legs, and the long flowing tail whichhad characterised it in its native country. The climate, however, wasenervating, and constant care had to be taken, by the introduction of newblood from Syria, to prevent the breed from deteriorating.^ The Pharaohskept studs of horses in the principal cities of the Nile valley, and the greatfeudal lords, following their example, vied with each other in the possession ofnumerous breeding stables. The office of superintendent to these establish-ments, which was at the disposal of the Master of the Horse, became in later The part played by chariots in the Egyptian armies was first studied by Eosellini, MonumentiCivili, vol. iii. pp. 232-271; afterwards by Wilkinson, Manners and Customs, 2nd edit., vol. i. pp. 222-241; and finally by Textor de Eavisi, Etudes sur les Chars de guerre ^fjyptiens, in the Con
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