, ▁and ▁a ▁number ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁buried ▁in ▁subs idi ary ▁tomb s ▁around ▁those ▁of ▁the ▁k ings . ▁In ▁fact , ▁the ▁rather ▁high ▁proportion ▁of ▁d war fs ▁in ▁the ▁royal ▁c em eter ies ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁D ynast y ▁suggests ▁some ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁brought ▁into ▁Egypt ▁from ▁elsewhere . ▁ ▁Later , ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁( c . ▁ 2 6 8 0 – 2 1 8 0 ▁BC ), ▁d war fs ▁were ▁employed ▁as ▁j ew ellers , ▁tail ors , ▁cup - b ear ers ▁and ▁zoo keep ers , ▁could ▁found ▁families ▁or ▁be ▁brought ▁into ▁one . ▁P yg m ies ▁were ▁employed ▁as ▁d anc ers ▁for ▁special ▁occasions ▁and ▁religious ▁festiv als . ▁The ▁social ▁position ▁of ▁d war fs ▁seems ▁to ▁have ▁decl ined ▁after ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Kingdom ▁( c . ▁ 1 5 5 0 – 1 0 7 0 ▁BC ) ▁they ▁were ▁dep icted ▁in ▁rid icul ing ▁ways , ▁and ▁while ▁the ▁pap yrus ▁" The ▁wise ▁doctrine ▁of ▁A men em ope , ▁son ▁of ▁Kan ak ht " ▁asks ▁people ▁not ▁to ▁treat ▁them ▁badly , ▁this ▁probably ▁shows ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁subject ▁to ▁ab use . ▁ ▁In ▁Egypt ian ▁art , ▁d war fs ▁and ▁pyg m ies ▁are ▁dep icted ▁real ist ically ▁which ▁enables ▁their ▁identification ▁as ▁cases ▁of ▁nan ism . ▁The ▁ancient ▁Egypt ians ▁had