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For the Egyptian military, royal hunts also functioned as crucial peacetime training, allowing soldiers, archers, and charioteers to hone the precise tracking, tactical coordination, and weapon skills required to conquer foreign enemies on the battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chest-of-tutankhamun-with-scenes-of-warfare-and-hunting-small-eg","title":"Chest of Tutankhamun with Scenes of Warfare and Hunting Small","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis ornate chest, with its vaulted lid and vividly colored, animated painted scenes, is renowned for its exceptional artistic quality and meticulous attention to detail. Its decoration portrays Tutankhamun triumphing over foreign armies and wild animals, symbols of chaos. 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Egyptian chariot makers were among the most accomplished of their time, and the chariots discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun amply testify to this. Six were found, no two truly alike. Two of them, including the one wonderfully replicated here in this fabulous Konouz product, were highly decorated and not designed for rugged terrain: They were for grand royal processions intended to impress and project royal power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Konouzeg","offers":[{"title":"Large","offer_id":42524062679125,"sku":"01070102010150","price":11960.88,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small","offer_id":42524062711893,"sku":"01070102010165","price":7927.56,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Small With King and Horse","offer_id":42524062744661,"sku":"01070102010182","price":13477.08,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/1788\/9621\/files\/DSC_0000-125_7caf2d2a-1771-4f01-96de-b040e90d3544.png?v=1772620597"},{"product_id":"ceremonial-chariot-of-tutankhamun-eg","title":"Ceremonial Chariot of Tutankhamun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eThe horse-drawn chariot was one of the most technically sophisticated technologies in existence in the Bronze Age. 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