The Medjay will forever be known as a group of elite warriors.

'It is a pity that you are not a Medjay yourself.

He heard the Medjay come up behind him.

The door stood open and beyond it on the pavement was cast the shadow of the Medjay posted to keep watch.

As it was possible that the Medjay had left word at his house, Huy went home.

Being an elite police force, the Medjay were often used to protect valuable areas, especially royal and religious complexes.

Mahu was shown accompanied by his men, the Medjay.

'Thank you for the guided tour,' said the Medjay.

Written accounts detail the Medjay as nomadic desert people.

A detachment of Medjay troops attacked the garrison and overran it.

After successfully hiding from the Medjay, the escape group arrived at Syene.

Its isolated position also resulted in reduced access, and special tomb police (the Medjay) were able to guard the necropolis.

After the 20th Dynasty, the term Medjay is no longer found in Egyptian written records.

'The Medjay captain asked me that too, and I give you the same answer: how would an escaped convict find his way into the compound?

Huy looked sharply at the Medjay.

Egyptologists do not know whether the Medjay as an occupation had been abolished or the name had just been changed.

There was little likelihood that he would believe it, and, anyway Huy himself was not about to trust the Medjay completely.

At first, the group just consisted of those who were considered ethnically Medjay and were descended from the ancient tribal group.

Deir el-Medina was surrounded by a high wall and guarded by a special police force called the Medjay.

The Medjay smiled wearily.

This was done in the hope of preventing their fellow Medjay tribespeople from further attacking Egyptian assets in the region.

By the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom period the Medjay were an elite paramilitary police force.

Based on the written records, it can be seen that various Medjay chiefs and captains had Egyptian names and were depicted as such.

Mahu was Chief of the Medjay of Akhetaten.

'If we don't look at her now, we won't get a chance at all,' said the Medjay healer, who had returned and partially unwrapped the body.