This would be an ancient Egyptian war chariot, manned by the Pharaoh himself and his loyal driver. Although chariots along with horses would have been introduced into Egypt from western Asia by the Hyksos in the second millennium BC, the Egyptians would thereafter incorporate these Bronze Age machines into their indigenous military and transportation systems, modifying their design to better suit their needs.
Whereas West Asian nations like the Hittites typically used chariots as heavy “tanks” to trample the enemy, the aristocratic class of Egyptian charioteers (known as maryannu) would take advantage of their lighter designs’ more rapid speed by using them like light cavalry, often firing arrows from the carriage with a composite bow. They were most useful for preying on broken ranks of enemy infantry.