10 Fascinating Facts About the Medjay of Ancient Egypt

The Medjay are mostly known only because of the blockbuster Mummy trilogy starring Brendan Fraser, or the most recent addition to the Assassin’s Creed franchise. And despite increasing interest in Ancient Egypt in recent years, the amount of knowledge most people have of them is minimal. In the Mummy trilogy, they still exist in the modern day, an elite band of warriors that has passed down their skill over the generations in order to protect the hidden treasures of the long dead pharaohs. However, while they no longer exist in modern times, their story and their history is much more fascinating than the small tidbits we learn when watching The Mummy.

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10. The Medjay Were Originally An Ethnic Group
9. The Medjay Eventually Became A Paramilitary Police Force
8. The Medjay Were Extremely Skilled Archers
7. They Make An Appearance In The Brendan Fraser Mummy Films
6. For Close Combat, The Medjay Preferred Bronze Penetrating Axes and Bronze Long Spears
5. Until Near The End Of Their Age, The Medjay Had Their Own Separate Burial Practices
4. The Mejday Took Many Forms Throughout The Ages, Some Very Different From Others
3. The Medjay Used Trained Dogs And Monkeys To Assist Them In Their Police Work
2. The Medjay Acted As The Pharaohs’ Elite Bodyguard
1. Assassins Creed Uses The Medjay In One Of Their Countless Plotlines

Source/Further reading:

http://www.ancientsudan.org/history_18_medjay.html
https://youtu.be/X_TAKGKYxYs
http://originalpeople.org/medjay-elite-nubian-pan-grave-people/
http://books.google.com/books?id=yokaBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=medjay+skilled+archers&source=bl&ots=rvTKlIu5FG&sig=p-Ph6WnzJ1eiOYsl3JUuDmInyBQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBtofKpJfYAhWF4iYKHb3fAnkQ6AEIPDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
https://youtu.be/omy5TVA-fY0
http://www.amra-bey.narod.ru/medjai.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=mNoITc1XGoAC&pg=PT112&dq=medjay+weapons&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpwqyN8q7YAhUIRCYKHb78CCsQ6AEIRTAF#v=onepage&q=medjay%20weapons&f=false
http://www.ancientsudan.org/burials_05_pangrave.htm
https://youtu.be/UW3vd01uzbE
https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3509198/
http://www.experience-ancient-egypt.com/ancient-egyptian-history/ancient-egyptian-armies/ancient-egyptian-police
https://www.ancient.eu/article/1104/police-in-ancient-egypt/
https://youtu.be/Myd33zH1NTc
http://assassinscreed.wikia.com/wiki/Medjay
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Soldats_de_l%27arm%C3%A9e_%C3%89gyptienne.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Crw1vWJqJk
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91Q%2BsyXiPTL.jpg
http://www.demigodgames.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Nubians_Lage_Formation_02.jpeg
https://theblowupnyc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nubians-640x483.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flight_compound_UK_Champs_2007.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kyujutsu01.jpg
http://www.unesco.org/culture/museum-for-dialogue/images/items/650/04_Nubian_Soldiers.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_Joshua_Reynolds_-_Colonel_Acland_and_Lord_Sydney-_The_Archers_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bagogames/36009827070

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