Archery 101: Basic archery

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3500 BC: The ancient Egyptians used two kinds of wooden longbows, the simple one-piece or “self: bow and the double recurve type. They also used the shorter composite bows, made of Oryx horn and wood. Many of these bows were imported from master boyers in Syria and Asia Minor.

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