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Egyptian Tomb Inscriptions Show Bats, Balls
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| Text | Wall inscriptions in Egyptian royal tombs depict games using bats and balls. According to Egyptologist Peter Piccione, "A wall relief at the temple of Deir et-Bahari showing Thutmose III playing under the watchful eye of the goddess Hathor dates to 1460 BC. Priests are depicted catching the balls . . . this was really a game."
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| Sources | Per Henderson, Robert W., Ball, Bat and Bishop: The Origins of Ball Games [Rockport Press, 1947], p. 20. |
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| Comment | Henderson's source may be his ref #127-- Naville, E., "The Temple of Deir el Bahari (sic)," Egyptian Exploration Fund. Memoirs, Volume 19, part IV, plate C [London, 1901]. Also, Batting the Ball, by Peter A. Piccione, "Pharaoh at the Bat," College of Charlestown Magazine (Spring/Summer 2003), p.36. See also http://www.cofc.edu/~piccione/sekerhemat.html, as accessed 12/17/08. Edit with form to add a comment |
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