Music and Time Annotation << Back Vocal and Choral Art of Ancient Egypt. The Military Chants V. Melyuschuk In the article for the first time in domestic musicology military chants of ancient Egyptians are investigated. The author of the article considers the works written in song and hymn genres in details. The author realizes transliteration and translation of the original texts. On the base of textual analysis of military chants the author defines their strophic model, metric structure, elements of poetry, proves their belonging to song and hymn genres. The question of existence of choral chants in the genres of hiking and triumphant hymns is raised; the main differences are specified. Typological similarity and characteristics of performance military chants, associated with the spread in the army of ancient Egyptian song tradition Hen (ḫn), are detected. For the first time in musicology ancient Egyptian singing Hen is considered as a separate singing tradition, the author demonstrates its relationship with specific choral genres. Choral chants are presented in the context of historical events in which their sound documented. Keywords: musical folklore of Ancient Egypt, military chants of ancient Egyptians, choral performance, ancient Egyptian tradition of singing Hen (ḫn), military history of Ancient Egypt. Contacts: E-mail: Uasi@yandex.ru Pp. 07-10.