Hieroglyphs, with (top) small chariot invented by Ahmes to fight larger less manoeuvrable chariots, wall relief, detail, in the tomb of Ahmes or Iahmes, son of Abana, admiral under Amosis, Amenhotep I and Tuthmose I, 18th dynasty, 1580-20 BC, at the Elkab necropolis, on the river Nile in Aswan Governate, Egypt. Elkab is the site of Ancient Egyptian rock-cut tombs from 18th dynasty, 1550-1295 BC, New Kingdom, Ptolemaic temples and a Coptic monastery. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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