Continuing our releases from the Cutting Edge Miniatures range, this week we have two command packs for the New Kingdom Egyptians! Early New Kingdom Egyptian Command View in Store The New Kingdom period is slated as the period between the 16th and 11th Century BC – the most prosperous period of Ancient Egyptian History. The…
Reinforcements have arrived for Egyptian armies in the shape of four new Early Egyptian sets. The armies of the Old and Middle Kingdoms of Egypt, which corresponds with the Early and Middle Bronze Age respectively. These figures can also be used for Egyptian armies of the First Intermediate period between the Old and Middle Kingdoms…
Introduction Chariots developed out of earlier vehicles mounted on disk or cross-bar wheels, with the origin traced to the Near East, where spoke-wheeled and horse-drawn ‘true’ chariots are first estimated to originate the earlier part of the second millennium BC. The early usage of chariots was mainly for transportation purposes. With technological improvements to their…
Marching into battle against the Hitittes come the Bronze Age Later Egyptian close fighters. These are the Close Fighters of the 19th and 20th Dynasties (Ramesside period) that fought under the Pharaohs: Rameses II, Ramesses III and later Ramesses until the end of the New Kingdom. These are the Close Fighters that fought against the…
Ride forth against the Hittites in the Battle of Kadesh with these Egyptian Chariots: Early New Kingdom Egyptian, 2-horse, 2-crew Light Chariot, (with 4-spoked wheels), a Driver, Armoured Archer and optional Commander or Pharaoh. This chariot can be used for the native Egyptian armies of the 17th and early 18th Dynasties including those of Thutmoses…
This week sees the further release of reinforcements for the mighty armies of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Egyptian Archers of the early New Kingdom, including the native Egyptian 17th Dynasty and the 18th Dynasty (New Kingdom). Archers such as these would have appeared in the armies of the Pharaohs: Khamose, Ahmose and Thutmose III up until…
When wargamers picture the armies of ancient Egypt it is usually the forces of the pharaohs of the New Kingdom that we have in mind. The New Kingdom refers to the years from the 16th to the 11th centuries BC – roughly from 1550BC until the death of Ramesses XI in 1070BC. This encompasses what…
This week sees the release of the New Kingdom Egyptians, we have three metal boxed sets comprising of chariots, spearmen and archers, the key elements you need to build an Egyptian army and face off against the recently released Hittites! The Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth dynasties comprise the age of the Egyptian New Kingdom (1550-1077BC)….
In this series of articles, Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman discusses the Battle of Kadesh and the period of war and battle between the Hittites and Egyptians that led to it. In this final part in this series, Nigel brings the battle to a climax and examines the outcome… Courtesy of Osprey Publishing Chariots attack!…
In this series of articles, Bronze Age expert Nigel Stillman discusses the Battle of Kadesh and the period of war and battle between the Hittites and Egyptians that led to it: Ramesses II’s Battle of Kadesh (c.1274 BC) Ramesses next campaign led to the famous Battle of Kadesh. After the battle, Ramesses ordered hieroglyphic inscriptions…
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