Soccer’s Origin in Ancient Egypt
Balls made of linen have been discovered in Egyptian tombs that date way back to 2,500 BC. Some of these balls were made from animal intestines or skin to improve their bouncing.
Based on drawings, scholars theorize that Egyptians played a football-like game during feasts of fertility.
They wrapped their balls in bright-colored cloth and kicked them around the ground to celebrate the abundance of the earth.
Approximately 2,000 years later, a different form of football-like game appeared in China.
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