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The Medjay

late Old Kingdom – New Kingdom (c. late 3rd millennium – c. 1069 BCE)

Nubian Eastern Desert and Egypt

Egyptian name for people from the deserts east of the Nubian Nile Valley, known as warriors who served Egypt as soldiers and desert police; in the New Kingdom 'Medjay' became a term for police.

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Painted cattle skull (bucranium) of the Pan-Grave culture, linked to the Medjay, c. 1640-1550 BCE, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (16.2.23), Open Access. License: Public domain (CC0).

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Sources

  1. UCL Digital Egypt for Universities, "Nubians in Egypt" (Scholarly)
  2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Bucranium" (Pan-Grave, Second Intermediate Period) (Primary source)
  3. Joshua J. Mark, World History Encyclopedia, "Police in Ancient Egypt" (Reference)

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