posted                         

Whoops, in my original post I thought Doug had posted some toy pics of his own.

I forgot about this thread.

quote:

---

Originally posted by Doug M:
Most especially the little tufts of hair that are on the front of the heads of the males. Definitely a sign of possible forgery or a mislabeled image. Looks more like something from the late period than anything of Tutankhamen's.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Honi B:
I thought perhaps this was some sort of April Fools post. Other than the 'hair tuffs' Doug M speaks of that don't fit the orig. style, the woman on the papyrus looks to be wearing 'elbow length' white gloves! haha!! Did someone forget to color the arms and hands in or is this susppose to some type of symbolism?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Tigerlily:
Raven told dpa that he wan unaware of any discovery of a papyrus manuscript.//dpa

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Doug M:
I knew something wasn't right.

That was a good one.

---

Posts: 5555 | From: Tha 5th Dimension. | Registered: Apr 2006  |  IP: Logged | 

posted                         

quote:

---

Here's some stuff on Ancient Egyptian sports and games.



What Did the Children Play With?

The oldest toys ever found in Egypt, little toy boats carved from wood, came from a child's tomb dating to the Predynastic Period. From the same period baked clay animals and rattles have been discovered.

Lovely toys were made by the ancient Egyptians from wood, bone,
ivory, ceramics and stone. Little children played with dolls of
people, toy animals, spinning tops and mechanical toys like crocodiles
with moving jaws and Jumping Jacks. At el Lisht a toy made up of three
carved ivory dancers was found. The figures were set in an ivory stand
and could be made to spin by pulling strings.



Ancient Egyptian children played with many toys. One of the more popular ones was balls made of
hollow painted clay and filled with seeds. They played ball games
standing, jumping high in the air, or even piggyback. Some of the games likely may have resembled hackey-sack. These games were popular, especially with girls.



Dolls were made out of wood, with twine threaded with clay beads for
hair. These were called paddle dolls. They may have been for children,
or they also may have been to accompany the deceased in the afterlife.



Toy animals with moving parts were very popular. A wooden toy mouse had
a pull string to make the tail go up and dowm. Toy horses were popular
in Roman Egypt because horses were used for hunting and in battle. A
carved cat or lion was popular for its movable lower jaw on a string.
Toys were almost always made of wood and/or clay. Tops, though, were
made of powdered quartz that was shaped in a mold. Paddle dolls were
made of wood and had a paddle-like shape that was decorated with paint
and with hair made out of clay beads strung on twine.

Tops were made of powdered quartz put in a mold and then glazed. These
were inexpensive and therefore could be found in most poor homes. They
spun by pulling a string or twisting fingers. Popular games for
children were leapfrog and tug-of-war.

Children in poor families could play with tops because they were very
cheap to buy. A ball or rattle could probably be made of clay from the
Nile. Wooden dolls or animals were more expensive.

More on Kemetian sports and games

SPORTS and Board Games.

Ancient gyptians had a lot of games. Some were for fitness and others
were for fun. Hockey was played with long palm tree branches. The puck
was made out of stuffed papyrus in-between two pieces of leather.

Some games were played with implements, balls being the most popular
among them. With rubber unknown, balls were made of a leather skin filled with chaff, dry
papyrus reeds tied tightly together, string or rags.

Boys again preferred team sports (like the hockey like game in the left margin),
while girls generally went in for games which were less fiercely competitive.
Marble games are very ancient. A white and a black stone marble and three little stones forming an arch seem to have been used in one such
game which may have been played like a sort of mini-skittles.

Boys played a spear throwing game in which one had to hit a target
drawn on the ground, called after the god of the wine-press, Shezmu.

Ouija

Another board game was Ouija. Ouija boards are Ancient Egyptian luck
boards. They were used to tell the future.

Many people think that Ouija is an evil spirit. I have played Ouija
many times and I'm here to tell you that he is nothing to be afraid of.

Its wierd to have your hands being pulled around a board, but it
certainly isn't dangerous.

Sometimes Ouija does wierd things, like zapping all over the board and
landing on yes or no instead of just moving to one.

The way Ouija works is this: Two people place the board on their knees.

A heart-shaped "table" is placed on the board. The two people place all

fingers and their thumbs on the table. The first question you always
ask is, "Ouija, are you there?" and he answers yes, or doesn't answer
at all.

The snake game, 'Mehen':



Board games were popular with Egyptians of all ages and all social classes. A favourite during the Old Kingdom was Mehen , the game of the snake which was played on a one-legged table. The board bore the picture of a coiled snake, either carved or inlaid. The body of the snake was divided into squares. Up to six players used three lions, three lionesses, white and red spheres, which were ranged in a box when the game was over. One of the first Ancient Egyptian games ever found was Snake. The stone board represented a snake coiled with its head in the centre. The winner was the first person who moved their piece from the snake's tail to its head in the centre. Like all other ancient Egyptian games, its rules are unknown. More than a dozen sets of this game were found in first dynasty tombs, two of them with beautifully carved ivory lions and lionesses. With them other objects were found: some like little ivory houses with pointed roofs, some looking like todays' chess king and rook. Other pieces were cylindrical, with a little sphere on top.

---

Posts: 5555 | From: Tha 5th Dimension. | Registered: Apr 2006  |  IP: Logged |