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Thursday, October 4, 2012

Children's Day

What kind of games did children play in Ancient Egypt? 

What kind of games do you play?

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  1. Egyptian children played board games,very popular with them. There was one called the game of the snake which was played on a one-legged table. Another one was the game of twenty squares. They also loved playing with animals.

    I like playing catch-catch mummy, pictureka and I love collecting stickers.

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  2. 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. Not having any depictions of children playing with such artifacts, we cannot be completely certain that they were placed in the tomb as toys rather than for some religious purpose. Above all what we would consider to be dolls could have had magical significance.
    Lovely toys were made by the ancient Egyptians from wood, bone, ivory, ceramics and stone. Little children played with dolls of Nubians, dolls with jointed limbs, 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.

    The games I play are football, catch, chekers, hide and seek, cards, cat bed and, I like to draw.

    Source: http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/games.htm

    By Maria

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    1. The Egyptian children played a game called the game of the snake it was played on a one-legged table, they played with toys, with rattles and little animals and people shape of clay.
      I play catch, strikeouts, soccer, stop, three cuts and I like volleyball very much.
      By Sofia

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  4. The games that children played in Ancient Egyppt were not very different to the games that we play today.
    Children played board games ,team sports(for the boys),they swam in the river ,they raced,played with balls,boxed and danced in circles.
    Their toys were made of clay,stones,wood,bones and ceramic.Some of these toys were animals and people.Some of the wooden toys had moving parts.Dolls were made of clothes,stuffed with papyras reeds.
    The kinds of games that I play today are catch,cops and robers,board games,socer,team sports,computer games,video games,sticker games,toys and swimming.
    Leonor

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  5. The children in ancient Egypt were outside almost all the time. They liked to play athletic games. Boys and girls liked to swim, wrestle, box and dance in circles. There was one dance that the girls called "pressing the grapes". They also liked to play ball games like juggling. Children made balls of leather or woven papyrus and stuffed the balls with straw or horsehair.
    The games that I play are catch, hide and seek, ball and basketball.
    Source:www.historyforkids.org/learn/egypt/games/
    Gabriela.C.

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  6. I hope you all had fun on Children's Day!
    Ms Sherina

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  7. the games that people played in Ancient Egypt were very similar to some games that people still play today. They played games with pieces like checkers or mancala or senet. The children in Ancient rgypt played games with knucklebones or small stones like jacks and they played games withb clice. Egyptian kids also had toys to play with. They had clay rattles and little animals and people shaped out of clay.
    I play catch, cops and robbers, hide and seek, 3 out, soccer and dodgeball

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  8. The Egyptians children played sometimes different gams to us. They played:senet, millenia,twenty squares,mehen,preassins the grapes, and sometimes danced.

    I play:cops and robbers,hide and seek,catch and 3 cut.


    Gabriela B.

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  9. One game seemed to have played as follows:every body held fast to the standing in front of him,while the leaders stood opposite ead other trying to wrestle the opponent to the ground while thoose behind cheered them on.
    I play soccer,clue games,monopoly,tenis,ping pong,and hide and seek.
    Tiago

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  10. They played peaces like checkers or mancla or senet. Egyptians kids played games with knucklebones or small stones, like jaks. I play vidiogames,futball,rugbe,ches,bord bames,basketball,queimada,etc.

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  11. The children in Ancient Egypt played with toys like:clay,woodentoys,dolls-made up of clothand stuffed with papyrus reds,swim and dance in circle.
    And some games we play today are:cath,stop,hide volleyball and race.

    Gabriela Stocco

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  12. The ancient Egyptian kids played with their toys,checkers,mancala or senet (pieces of an Egypt game) and dice and some clay.

    I play with my toys,games with dice,clay,gets caught and hide,hide...

    Juliana

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  13. Everybody in Ancient Egypt played games including the adults. The boys games are rougher than the girls games. The
    games that they most like are board games and the pet games.
    The games that I play are hide-and-seek,catch-up,mafia and
    police and thief.

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  14. Ancient Egyptian children loved to play with animals. They also played with dice or dolls made from clay or wooden toys. They liked to play athletic games.They liked to swim in the Nile River.
    I like to play a game named "3 cut", catch-cath-mummy,hide-and-sick and boardgames.
    Kiane

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  15. The Ancient Egyptians children played racing,marble game,hockey,miniskittles.I play catch,alert,stop,football,
    basketball,dodgeball,hide and seek,cops and robbers,bowling.
    Carolina M.

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  17. The Ancient egyptians children played board games and they played outside playing other kinds of games like soccer,swimming and hockey.
    Know I play board games different kinds of board games outside I play tag,hide and seek and much other games in this time we have more games then they did.

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  18. Egyptians enjoyed the good life and playing was part of it. Children and adults are often involved in games. Typically boys' games were rougher than those of the girls, but the latter were not above fighting and hair pulling.
    The ancient Egyptians had great lives and although they built a magnificent civilization by hard work they never forgot leisure and recreation. The ancient Egyptians had games to play as adults and children. Mostly board games were available but also toys were made for the little children. The game of Senet was mostly played by adults. Senet was a popular Ancient Egyptian board game. It was played mainly by wealthy adults. The game symbolized the struggle of good against evil. The evil forces tried to stop you from reaching the Kingdom of the god Osiris. One of these games was found in the tomb of Hesy along with painting of it and how to play. The rules of this game were very complex. It consisted of a board with 30 holes, 3 rows and 10 columns. Most of the games used 7 pawns, sticks or knucklebones for each of the two players but some only had 5. During the New Kingdom, the game of Senet had acquired a religious and magical meaning which symbolized the passage of the deceased through the other world with his resurrection dependant upon his/her ability to win the game.
    Most of the games used 7 pawns, sticks or knucklebones for each of the two players but some only had 5. During the New Kingdom, the game of Senet had acquired a religious and magical meaning which symbolized the passage of the deceased through the other world with his resurrection dependant upon his/her ability to win the game.
    Since boards games of all quality have been discovered it is needless to say that the games were played by all classes of people in Ancient Egypt.
    b)I play electronics games,board games and I play games with ball,like soccer,basketball and tennis.
    Pedro

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  19. They played Javalin Throwing, Bow and Arrow, Soccer, Swimming, boating and etc...
    I play Clue, Mafia, Monopoly, Ping Pong, Pebolim and etc...


    By:André

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  20. The games people played in Ancient Egypt were very similar to some games people still play today. They played games with pieces like checkers or mancala or sent. I like to play catch- catch mummy and other games too!
    by: Carolina T.Lobo

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  21. In Ancient Egypt the children like to play golf , tennis , wrestling , senet , fighting , and swimming in the Nile River .Boards games were very common Ancient Egypt and people from all played them.Many games boards from Ancien Egypt been found by archaeologist.However the rules explaining how to play these games have not survived .By studing game boards and other evidense , experts have made some educated guesses about how these games were played.
    Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling tule techniques such as clinch fighting ,throws and takedows, joint locks,pins and other grappling holds.A wrestling bout is a phisical competitors or sparring partners , who attepent to gain and maintain a superior position.
    I like to play football , handball , catch - up , hide - and - sick , gimnastick and etc...

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  22. Kids, It's lovely your posts and see how much knowledge you have acquired about Ancient Egyptian culture. Don't forget to sign your name underneath your comment to show how much YOU'VE learned.
    Love, Miss Dani

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  23. A game like Senetwas played mostly by adults and wealthy people. Manacala was probaly played more by poor families.
    One of the first ancyent Egyptians ever found was Snake. Senet was a popular ancyent Egyptians board game. I play queimada, socer, police thief, and etc...
    Francisco

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  24. The ancient Egyptians played senet,javalin throwing, swimming,tennis,golf etc.....
    i play cach-cach,tennis,7-up, and etc.......


    By:Daniel

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  26. The ancients Egyptians played allot of things. Like Senet, Soccer, they swim, they played tennis ball, golf, Manacala, etc... I play soccer, cath, basket ball, 7up, ETC...

    By Guilherme

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  27. The games of Ancient Egyptians was similer to games thatwe play today.They played mancala and senet. they played knuckbones or small rocks. knuckbones were made by bones of sheep. They had doll made of wooden.The wooden dolls were made by cloth and papyras reeds.Now we ply electronics game,dolls,legos and dice.

    Steve

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  29. what I play:
    I play with vidio games, table game, games that we need to run (like socker.)These games are a lot and are very good.

    Anciend Egyptians children played:
    Leapfrog, mancola, simple togs such as wooden tops, this are some tipes of all the games that the Ancienta Egyptians children played to have fun.

    Maia

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  30. The game that people in Ancient Egypt were very simolar to some games that people still play today. They played games with pieces like checkers or macala or senet. The children in Ancient Egypt plaued games with knucklebones or small stones like jacks and they played games with clice. Egyption kids also had toys to play with. They had clay rattles and little animals and people shaped out clay.
    I play catch, cops and rolbers, hide and seek, 3 out, soccer and dodgeball.
    Bárbara

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