Ancient Egyptian Weapons | Weapons of History

[@cal2127]

i like this channel but you gotta do more handwritten scripts. we can tell chatgpt is writing them when you repeat the same point about versitility 3 times in a row.

[@Pemmont107]

Yeah. It's informative and I love the drawings, but the change to AI isn't amazing :p I always think a real voice is ten times better.

[@cincinatt9670]

Don’t forget meticulous, they were meticulous about three times as well

[@dirremoire]

The lack of any kind of humor is a dead giveaway.

[@4Pickledonions]

It’s hard to be history channel in 2024 smh

[@jclark2752]

I’ve simply begun to block any pages I find using AI irresponsibly. There are too many options out there to waste time on bad product. Some People pour their heart and soul into their work. They deserve views and subs. Plain and simple.

[@HIFLY01]

"please write a script but make it less obvious it was written by chatgpt" you should use this next time

[@fluteboiz8912]

Disappointed by the obvious ai script

[@travisgoonan7667]

I sent this video to a pen pal of mine, who happens to be a history professor, and this is what he had to say. “To be honest that video is really lacking in historical veracity. It is ok as an introduction for kids ...but much of the information is not correct. Egyptian bronze weapons as academia on the subject stands right now, was influenced by outside sources....i.e. Canaan, Phoenicians, Hittites, Sea Peoples.... The Egyptian armies were more a spear, dagger, kopesh, and axe based arsenal and of course bow and arrow. There seems to have been heavy use of maces too and 'throwing sticks' ...the swords seem to be more a later introduction and heavily associated with foreign mercenary units.”

[@skylerslack12]

A crime not to talk about the sling, Egyptians even had their own design for it.

[@lero_]

It was used for the slaves and nubians💀

[@danboyle7165]

Not a bad video, but it's a little too noticeably a script by chatgpt. Thank you for reading it yourself instead of having an AI voice, though. There are some channels on KZbin that use an AI voice as well as chatgpt script, & I can't even watch them with the foul pronunciations. You haven't fallen victim to that issue.

[@cincinatt9670]

This is far too AI for my tastes

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Love the cartoon artwork it's brilliant.

[@DieLuftwaffel]

Everything stands as a testament to......

[@mrredeef]

Fan axe has kind of a "bec de corbin" vibe. I think it would've been good for tearing through cowhide shields or scale armor.

[@richard6133]

I would suspect that it would have been used more like a bardiche or halberd is used when not in a formation. Held buttspike forward like a spear and blade back and low. Thrust and jab with the spike until it's time to suddenly come around with the blade. The angles of the points suggest that it would be used like the point of a sickle or kama, up close, with the hands up closer to the blade end. At least, that's my hypothesis, anyway.

[@johnduquette7023]

@@richard6133 With the seeming "ceremonial" presentation in the art, I think it more likely that it was used for protection/bodyguard duty and crowd control domestically in the same way that those over-designed pokey halberds from the Renaissance that couldn't cut. Without depictions of it on the battlefield and its odd design, I'm disinclined to think it was a battlefield weapon at all.

[@richard6133]

@@johnduquette7023 I was speaking more to the body mechanics of actually using it as a weapon, more than the actual deployment doctrine. I'm not aware of any depictions of it actually getting used as a weapon against another person, so it's entirely possible that it wasn't really even meant to be used as a weapon. In that sense, it could have been more of a cult symbolic fantasy weapon.

[@BruceHorwood]

I suggest a possible use for the fan axe - protecting a dignitary from an assassin. If someone with an audience with the Pharoah pulled out a dagger and sprinted towards him, the bodyguard closest to the assassin's path might move to place himself in the path with the fan axe held out and the blade horizontal. If the assassin dodged the axe head the bodyguard could pull it towards himself while pressing the haft against the assassin in order to hurt him with the hook or pull one of his feet up, or else reverse the fan axe to strike with the metal structure on the weapon's butt. A bodyguard who was more perpendicular to the assassin's path might thrust the fan held horizontally (parallel to the ribs) then run it across the front or back of the assassin, hook the assassin's far side then pull. (The hook could catch the side of the head, neck or waist, the outside of the further leg or the inside of the closest leg.) A bodyguard behind the assassin could also slice and hook. Once the assassin was slowed by 1 or 2 axe heads held before him, or was hooked, he would be dispatched or captured by other guards. This specialist use would explain why the fan axe would be depicted in ceremonial occasions, when dignitaries were in the presence of the public, rather than battlefields.

[@blakebailey22]

Are there any examples of iron khopesh? What swords were Egyptian soldiers using during the Achaemenid conquest?

[@NobleKorhedron]

Good questions, @blakebailey22...

[@kronckew]

Probably rusted away

[@carloshenriquezimmer7543]

Iron was very rare in ancient Egipt, during the periond that the kopesh was popular. The few examples of iron weapons of that era that were ever found were some iron daggers in faraos' tombs (kink Tut had 4). Those were short, 3-5 inches blades, with exquisite decorations, made of meteoric iron (meteorites). The meteorites were forged directly, not smelted or patern welded first, because they could not achieve the temperature needed for a solid weld, let alone melting iron. Given the size of a kopesh, making one out of iron was way out of theyr technology level. The very first evidence of an iron sword of similar size to a kopesh is the Vered Jericho Sword, from Israel, dated around 600 bc. The kopesh was already around 1000 years out of fashion by this time. Not impossible that it existed, but there are no evidences of an example or of the tech needed for it.

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

@@carloshenriquezimmer7543 For posterity it's spelt pharaoh's not faraos. The pharaoh tutankhamun had more than four kinks.

[@GreaterAfghanistanMovement]

There was a few found in a grave in Fayium.

[@loke6664]

You are wrong about the Khopesh. They didn't switch to iron before around 1000 BCE and the new kingdom ended in 1077 BCE. They also did now switch to iron due to it being stronger the iron used at that time was weaker then well made bronze but they lost access to tin after the bronze age collapse. Bronze is underestimated, it took a rather long time before iron weapons became better (around late Roman times really, a bot earlier in India) but bronze have 2 other weaknesses: It weights more and is far more expensive. The only known New kingdom weapon in a harder material then bronze was the dagger King Tut had made of meteoric steel. Iron weapons did exist in the period but not in Egypt.

[@ZsoltSzabó-c2s]

As a medieval reenactor, If I have to use a Fan Axe, I would use it as a spear against low armored mass of enemies.

[@mikewlazlinski4309]

That's exactly what it was for. However doubt there were heavily armored opponents like you are thinking around in the bronze age.

[@surgesilk]

Holy adjectives

[@Plastic_Passion]

A Fan Axe would be a good crowd control weapon for the time. It is ornate and can be swept to keep people away.

[@warmist8197]

Hey cool channel I'm digging the content. Worth my sub 👍

[@pauldalton6999]

Lasted less than a minute before I could not stand the bollocks anymore.

[@paulellington1505]

The fan axe was probably more of a dueling style of weapon. Because in a one on one duel it would be formidable but in the structure and formations of multiman combat it isn't very practical. Great video. I've always loved the aesthetics of Egyptian weaponry.

[@seanmalloy7249]

Proof that ancient Vulcans explored Earth and passed the lirpa to the Egyptians...

[@kronckew]

I've not seen a 'mace-axe' before. They did use alabaster-headed maces. The penetrative axe was skipped entirely. 'Penetrative' because it could penetrate armour. It's shown in many of the wall drawings and even cartoons here, but not mentioned. Tut had a rather nice one in his tomb. The spear was the primary weapon, as in most nations. Also not mentioned.

[@FutureMythology]

I'm impressed by how this video breathes new life into ancient myths. It's a testament to the enduring power of storytelling. Well done!

[@nagual1992]

The art depicts the Kopesh’s blade incorrectly. I’m fine with the AI, just do some better management of it and make sure your art is right.

[@eeeeee2443]

So glad I'm not the only one who noticed that this was ChatGPT

[@ofertsadok8640]

if you dont understand how a compound bow is made just skip it

[@mohamed-fb9vt]

You forgot the mace and the iron dagger

[@makeitbetter.1402]

I was going to make a comment about how I just can’t stand this ai/chatgpt stuff anymore…and yall made my heart feel so much better with all the other comments saying the same thing. Yes please, WE are the real Turing test.

[@anon2427]

Stop using AI for you scripts man. At least edit it yourself. WTF

[@lokitus]

Did the Egyptians invent the composite bow or was it something borrowed?

[@WoebringerofDoom]

Stands as a testament to artificial halfassery and poor writing.

[@EddieJr8611]

Nice animation, I’m a huge history buff. Good information too, just repetitive writing.

[@tonyadams6375]

If I wanted to watch a cartoon I would.

[@udikai7799]

kopesh is the better weapon in skilled hands the straight sword is simple to use low skill required same reason atlatl and sling were replaced with javelin and bows

[@TheChangelingBrony]

The “fanaxe” looks more like a banner than a weapon

[@omartistry]

0:15 This wording is weird. Egypt is in Africa, not the Middle East. I understand if the weapon was famous in both regions, but the ai script worded it as if Egypt is in the Middle East.

[@mosu24]

"the choice of bronze"... Was there any other choice in the... Bronze... Ahem... Age?

[@embalmertrick1420]

Excellent documentary but needs accuracy, at 13:14 palestine is the name of Israel given by the romans when they conquered it, around Jesus' time, so there was no palestine in the bronze age.

[@Nesut-king]

The isreali occupation appeared 70 years ago, in the bronze age it was named canaan and Egyptians was there beforetge existence of the so called jews, and there was nothing called isreal, they are bunch of colonial Europeans, Go learn history please

[@lero_]

There was no isreal its 70 years old occupation, it was canaan/palestine then not isreal

[@SilverWolfSword89]

The area is called Syro-Palestine in research. It doesn't have to do anything with Israel or Palestine.

[@bani1046]

Yeah not good and some bad info in the weapons really sad. The fan axe was mostly likely used my place guards and elite troops. The down ward points are not used to stab but to hook and control. the blade used to keep groups of people away think like a zweihander sword most likely.

[@Hokatoman]

When i have a Fan Axe and must fight with it i will probably use the pointy end as a Speer, and grab from time to time the far end for a wide swings like you do it with the halberd or the naginata. In History all around the World People Fear the moment when one Crazy Monk guy steps on the Battlefield with his Crazy staff Weapons moves.

[@gehtdichnixan3200]

well that fan axe thing reminds me on medieval pole or murder axes most of the fighting with those is done with the spike on the foot but you can use the head for a crushing blow maybe those upper axeheads are a bit oversiced in art ...

[@shuusaki3917]

He glazinggggg

[@travisgoonan7667]

Please in the name of God, no not erase this video EVER!!!

[@adrianescobar3335]

Why do most of these weapons look so goofy

[@311Bob]

At least draw real pictures when describing weapons. Cartoonish weapons are not interesting.yeah, like the other comments say you repeat the same thing 3 or 4 times, makes me say all pass sorry, maybe the algas may bring your content around again when visuals are more professional.

[@AncientRylanor69]

tcetera

[@iivin4233]

I'm embarassed for you.

[@mennorach]

Spoken like someone who knows very little and understands even less. Try again, please?

[@nazmaahmed9061]

Ma j

[@DavidNichols-x1q]

It would be nice to see real artifacts or even replicas instead of this cartoon crap.

[@danielfincher8439]

You get paid to be a dick?

[@TheFencingFox]

Bro, Egypt is in Africa lol

[@mattkeith1180]

Or parts of the Middle East are in Africa. Not to blow your mind, but the Middle East spans parts of Europe and Asia too. The Middle East is a region, not a continent, Bro.

[@alien0scientist]

Thank You for mentioning palestine instead of the others so called nation...

[@domm5715]

That’s just another thing on a long list of shit that this guys ai got wrong… it was not called Palestine at that time, it has not come into existence yet. If you got Problem with Israel, cool, but at least know the history about the area if you are gonna pick a side, you can’t decide who’s right if you don’t know anything about it

[@Nesut-king]

​@@domm5715there was no isreal in this era, isreal existed 70 years ago, in this era it was named canaan and the Egyptians invaded it