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The Ancient Egyptians, whose culture is one of the oldest on earth, reigned supreme in the then-known world. They set out to impress all who entered their kingdom with architecture of staggering proportions, the display of stupendous wealth, and also by wearing breath taking ceremonial accoutrements like this humongous Pharaoh ceremonial dagger. While it isn’t known precisely what function these ceremonial weapons served, it is a good bet that one was worn by Ahmose during his negotiations with Moses.

Of course, ceremonial blades were far more ornate than were the workaday bronze-age tools of evisceration. The humongous Pharaoh ceremonial dagger here depicts activities and symbols important to the Egyptians. For example, archery is represented on the sheath in the form of a hunt. cmveletrhy.