SPORTS...

There are too many sports in ancient egypt, many of today´s sports were practise by them. A lot of the rules used in different sports were originated in ancient egypt

Ancient Egypt kings and princes enjoy sports competitions, they encourage and provided wich the necesary equipment.
Drawings on pharaonic monuments show that the Egyptians had laid down basic rules for games, chosen a neutral referee, a uniform for players and means of announcing the winners by ghiving them differents collars.

Ancient Egyptians played a game that is similar to our present-day hockey. Drawings on tombs show players holding bats made of long palm-tree branches, with a bent end similar to that of the hockey bat. The hockey ball was made of compressed papyrus fibers covered with two pieces of leather in the shape of a semicircle. another sport was Swimming, it was the favorite sport of the ancient Egyptians, who made use of the River Nile to practice it. The Nile was not the only place for swimming contests. Noblemen's palaces had swimming pools in which princes learned the sport.

there are some othres sports practice in ancient Egypt:
Handball,Gymnastics (floor exercises), Gymnastics (consecutive vault), Javelin Throw, Fishing, Boxing,Weightlifting,Equestrian Sports, High Jump, Rowing, Archery, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Tug of Hoop.
Ancient Egypt was a very dynamic civilization , so it came to build huge monuments that today are causing great admiration throughout the public.


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