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Warfare was considered an essential crucial element in the ancient Egyptian culture, particularly in the New Kingdom; with the imperial age of Egypt and the presence of a series of brilliant, mighty military pharaohs who developed many strategies and tactics of war. This paper will argue the use of Psychological warfare as a means of military tactic in the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom. It will discuss the various techniques of this type of warfare. It includes different examples of harsh penalties used by the pharaohs to frighten and intimidate the rebels. It will also propose the use of degrading imagery and derogatory comments to belittle the ability and the quality of their enemies to prevent fear or awe from them. The aim of this study is to discuss the important role of psychological dimension in battles and its effect on lowering the morale of enemies. It will show the various techniques that the pharaohs used to install their fear and terror in the hearts of their enemies. To achieve the aims of the study, it was followed the historical methodology which deals with examining the military and private inscriptions and reliefs of the 18th dynasty to specify the message that the pharaohs wanted to send.
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