The Roles Of Sports And Sports In Ancient Egypt

Sport

Sport

Sport: Sports in Ancient Egypt included Handball, Competitive swimming, Hockey, Weightlifting Tug of war, Gymnastics, Javelin, Jumping, Running, Boxing,Wrestling, Rowing, Equestrian sports, Handball Competitive and swimming. Ancient Egyptian sport also included team sports.

They required team work in an effort to display skill, strength and sportsmanship.

Hockey

Ancient Egyptians had a version of field hockey. Hockey sticks were pieces of palm tree branches with the tell-tale bend at the end. The inner core of the ball was papyrus. The method of playing hockey in Ancient Egypt is the same as the hockey we play today.

Tug

Tug of war is also a sport people play in Ancient Egypt. In Ancient Egypt, the method of

He is famous for building the Great Step Pyramid. The great step pyramid is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Khufu 's full name is Khnum-Khufwy, which means (the god) Khnum protect me '. Khufu 's only surviving statue today is the smallest piece of Egyptian royal sculpture ever discovered. A 7.5 cm (3 inch) high ivory statue found at Abydos. It took about 23 years to build the great step pyramid. It took 2,300,000 building blocks to build the great step pyramid.

Ramses II (reigned 1279-1212 B.C.)

He was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the 19th dynasty. He is regarded as the most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian empire. Ramses built many beautiful temples in the ancient days. He lived a pretty long life and died when he was 92 years old. His successors often referred him as the "Great Ancestor". He was 30 years old when he became the king of Egypt. He reigned for 67 years. He had many wife 's and has an astonishing 111 sons and 51 daughters.

Hatshepsut (reigned 1498-1483

Hatshepsut became queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, around the age of 12. Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 14th century B.C. She is considered one of Egypt 's most successful pharaohs.

The queen died in early February of 1458 B.C. In recent years, scientists have speculated the cause of her death to be related to an ointment or salve used to treat a chronic genetic skin condition.

Tutankhamun (reigned 1334-1325 B.C.):

He was the youngest pharaoh in the Egyptian history. He ascended to the throne at an age of nine or ten and died at an age of 18. When he became King he married his half sister Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun was a very skinny man with many health problems. He died because he got infected with malaria. He is also called king tut.

Amenhotep I (reigned 1525-1504 B.C.):

Amenhotep III (Amenophis III) was the ninth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt. He ruled Egypt for around forty years. Amenhotep became king at around the age of 12 with his mother acting as regent. Early in his reign he chose the daughter of a provincial official as his great royal wife. Amenhotep died 1354bc and was buried in a huge tomb near the valley of the