Ancient Egyptians Hunting And

Gathering

By: Isabel G. Irwin

Families went hunting in the marshes by boat.

When men hunted lions they left their families behind.

Hunting dogs helped find and chase the lions.

Later, the men hunted from horse-drawn chariots.

Despite this the hippos were hunted with harpoons.

How Many Of Them Hunted

For rougher sport, noble men would hunt hares, gazelles, antelopes, and on occasion lions from chariots.

When big game hunting, the king was accompanied by soldiers wearing full military gear.

Thutmose III went elephant hunting near Niy in the Euphrates Valley.

On the Napata Stela he describes finding himself opposite the largest of the elephants but fails to mention that it was Amenmehab, an old retainer, who cut off the elephant’s trunk.

Facts About Their Way Of Hunting

This fact is known because Amenmehab left his own description of this momentous hunt.

Reliefs at Medinet Habu show Ramses III hunting wild bulls, and lions in military style surrounded by soldiers.

But frequently the Pharaoh chased after smaller prey like antelopes on his own.

More Facts On Their Way Of Hunting

The Pharaoh is depicted driving his chariot by himself without any professional hunters aiding him by chasing the animals into confirmed spaces where they could be slaughtered

According to Herodotus, crocodiles were n same places considered to be holy and in others disliked and hunted.

Diodorus Siculus (1st Century B.C.E) thought that crocodiles were plentiful because they were rarely hunted.

Egyptian’s Thoughts Regarding Hunting:

It may be difficult to define collecting turtles as hunting, but turtles were gathered by the people for their shells and meat.

Wild bulls, elephants, crocodiles, hippos and lions were probably more dangerous than hedgehogs and partridges, but even hunting small prey was tense with unforeseen dangers.

Animal Hunting Facts And What They Would Use Them For

They hunted game, whatever kinds were available.

In temperature and tropic zones, hunter-gathers exploited many different plant resources for food.

Typically, hunter-gathers move seasonally to optimize different sources of food as they become available.

A fairly large range of land is required for this mode of life.

In existing hunting and gathering cultures woman usually do most of the gathering.

How Hunters Hunted And Gathered

On the other hand, men do all the hunting. Hunter societies typically enjoy a

surprisingly diverse diet and abundant leisure.

Ten to twelve thousand years ago, at approximately the same time that agriculture emerged out of hunting and gathering a similar specialization appeared: Pastoralism

Interesting Facts About Egyptian Hunting

Pastoralism is the herding of domesticated or partially domestic animals.

Because of their mobile ways of life and their methods of survival, hunting and gathering economies can support only a low child-to-adult ratio.

Everybody (Egyptians) took part in hunting and gathering.

Hunting And Gathering

Made by Miss Isabel G. Irwin Credit to the following websites and books:

The Ancient Egyptians by: Rosemary Rees, www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/fishing_and_hunting.htm and www.public.wsu.edu/gened/learn-modules/top_agrev/3-hunting-and-gathering/hunt_gathering3.html

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