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The Horn Bow - Egyptology's Problem Child

Sonia Focke (Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst, München)

Finds of bows made from oryx horns are known from the subsidiary tombs at Abydos , yet many Egyptologists have doubted their functionality. This paper aims to explain the construction of the horn bows, present the various arguments against it being a functional weapon and present the insights gained in the reconstruction of such a bow.

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