Archer's wrist guard

Archer's wrist guard

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Archers in ancient Egypt would have worn guards such as this one to protect their wrists from the end of the arrow as they pulled it back to shoot, and from the rebound of the bowstring. This example was found at Gebelein, on the body of a soldier. Link to a blog about soldiers in Ancient Egypt In Honor of Pharaoh's Fighters

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.