3000 year old bows from Moses era

[pastorjosh44]

That's amazing.  They looked pretty elaborately decorated.

[old_goat2]

Originally posted by KSdan:
Did not have time to really inquire about details-it was a quick stop on a more serious trip. Though it was amazing what was preserved from 3000+ years ago. You will all laugh though. . . they even had a Pharaoh's contraceptive device!  Crazy!!

Dan in KS

Yeah, the golden condom is the only thing I remember clearly from my port visit and trip to the museum almost 30yrs ago! As a young sailor, that of all things made a big impression on me  
I remember more about the three pyramids and sphinx, but nothing much clearly about the museum, I do remember being amazed by it though!

[Tom Phillips]

Very Cool video !!

[Sam McMichael]

Did those old guys tell the same kinds of hunting yarns we tell today? I bet they probably did. I bet they also bragged about how great their new bows looked. Those are great pics.

[CoachBGriff]

That's too cool!  

It's amazing to see just what they were able to come up with!

[U.a.horribilis]

Wow!! Thanks for sharing.

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by Pat B:
That's not string follow, it's reflex. Some of the Egyptian "angular" bows were composite with horn bellies and sinew backs and were wrapped with birch bark and other materials.
Cool stuff, KSdan. I love to look at ancient archery equipment.

What he said.  Strung they apeared to have straight limbs.  A reflex/deflex composite bow.  

Savvy folks them Egyptians.

 

[Possum Head]

Wonder if they had spine calculators?

[monterey]

Interesting stuff for sure.  I wonder when and how they tillered them?  It would seem that it would have to be tillered before it was sinewed.

300 fps?    :eek:     Think I'd have to see it actually chronoed to believe that.

[Pat B]

Just like with modern glass bows the engineering was done before hand.
James Parker(huntworthyproductions)has made many types of composite bows including these Egyptian angular bows. He had one at the Tenn. Classic this spring that I shot. They are amazing bows...like most of the composite horn bows.
There is a record of a Turkish(I think) prince that shot his composite bow over 900 yards...and this was a few thousand years ago.

[2treks]

Not String follow.  they are most likely a Horn Composite bow, and they are in fabulous shape.

[2treks]

My Friend made an Egyptian Angular bow years ago, and it was fantastic.

[GreyGoose]

A cool illustration of just how far back "Trad" goes!  Thanks for posting.

[Pat B]

Trad archery goes back 15,000 year and came about on every continent simultaneously except for Antarctica and Australia. Most of what is in archery today was thought up thousands of years ago. Only some of the materials are different.

[RAU]

Very cool!

[Lady Frost]

I love history and I love archery. That is the coolest thing ever!!!! Love it!!  Thanks Dan.

[twitchstick]

Thanks for sharing

[maineac]

Very cool!

[mark Willoughby]

Remarkable

[Bill Turner]

Now that is something you will not see every day. Great post. Great trip.