Sports in Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptians were concerned of exercise and sports, although the concept of sport is what you do not recognize him now from the competitions, but there were types of different sports took two different types

Type I:
  Which could be called the games fun and entertainment in the national events or festivals or other such events among young people, boys and girls, and these types of games:

 - tug of war: this game is based on two of the boys pull the cord each team, "said the winner is able to pull the rope towards him and the rhythm of the other team and sometimes does not use the rope and the hands are used only where the first two teams put their hands firmly pull the entire team player

- Football: It was made of plant fiber or linen cloth was thrown between the legs the competitors and rules of the game was unknown to us is between two teams, groups, or each individual alone? What are the standards for the winner win? We do not know, but it was definitely of the feet only

- Handball:
The same size as a football, and she was playing by hand from individuals to individuals between any two teams are equal and in some cases were made of animal skin, and also do not know the rules of the game and the standards of victory

- Tennis: It is similar to tennis or squash were practiced between Mtbarien in each hand each of them striking his hand a long and a network to hit the ball and the rules of the game and the standards of victory unknown

- Download Weight: Sport is considered the oldest of the pit to show physical strength and muscle between the contestants was a something like a small Alchukarp containing sand with different sizes and weights of heavier and lighter to lift with one hand

- the enemy and running: It is considered the most famous, where not only require skill in showing the speed of the competitor and anticipate his peers and was practiced widely among boys and girls, most of the classes of people

- Girls Football:
The girls, as carrying out other girls, where we get the girl and thrown the ball a portable phones so that Atsagt from a colleague or lose the ball

- Barriers:
And support this game to sit down and Dan facing one another and begin to put up barriers to Mtbarien to jump the highest and Taktehma and begin development of man, one, and jumps all the contestants and step over them and upon completion of this stage is to increase a man his companion, then jumps riders per Lillo other is then further roadblocks several times by adding one hand after another. Another type is a bowing of individuals and jump from above the competitor, then add another mode to uphold the body of the person reflux and jumps competitors

 Type II: This is usually for individuals with one profession such as war or armies of fishermen and these games

 Archery: a private Balrmap and army commanders in the military and private Kings and individuals are setting goals, the bowler correction by the range of the sport of short distances to long-distance double arch to throw the remote or multiple targets to be infected in a short time or strength to penetrate the arrow styled end, to establish panels in a row To determine the penetrating power of a number of arrow panels

Shooting spear: a long stick with a bronze finish and practiced by members of the army and also to the fishermen who specialize in hunting hippo or crocodile or large fish and identifying the target, and the practice of shooting him

Wrestling: It depends on the belligerents, each of them wrestling the other, which is not different about today and the winner of the beat on his opponent to throw it down and restrict his movement and control has seen the sport great encouragement from the rulers and individuals and was practiced in private parties and have had heroes that used to be called in Events, a close resemblance to wrestling Romanian

- Horseback riding: a sport similar to the current but they are without the saddle of a horse to demonstrate the skill and the strength of the rider and framed by the horse without a bridle, and there was horse racing vehicles, a sport similar to that practiced in some European countries

 - Swimming: It was one of the oldest and water sports were practiced in the Nile River or lakes or in the royal palaces, wealthy or equipped with swimming pools, similar to the sport and was rumored among all strata of the Egyptian people

 - emulation on the boat: It is especially fishermen, whether fish or hippos or crocodiles, where the standing of each team on the boat every member of the boat with his hand a long stick and meet boats and each team trying to pace the team the other into the river and the winner able to maintain its Boats, and were conducted in the scope of the celebrations for the fire of joy and happiness

 - bird hunting:

  Sport hunting was popular with the ancient Egyptians, especially the nobles and the elite and used the stick should be removed by the throw in the direction of the bird to be caught and return to the spiral movement of a particular bowler. And look at the skill of the bowler tossing the stick should be removed in the art high-tech trains them for years