asiatic

Aamu

Aamu (Egyptian language: đ“‚ťđ“„żđ“…“đ“…± ꜥꜣmw) was an Egyptian word used to designate Western Asians in antiquity. It is commonly translated as “Western Asiatic,” however some argue that it could refer to the Canaanites or Amorites: â—‹ Canaan was a Semitic-speaking culture and territory of the Southern Levant in the Ancient Near East that existed in...

Nubian and Asiatic captives at work

This scene, from the Tomb of Rekhmire, depicts captives thought to be of Asiatic (Eastern Mediterranean) and Nubian origins doing manual labour. Prisoners of War were often recruited to work on major projects, or even sometimes made to partake in the Egyptian military. “The captives that His Majesty has bought back to work in the...