July 25, 2007
NEXT THEY'LL FIND A CACHE OF SCHLITZ BOTTLES:
Ancient Egyptian Ball Game Discovered (Rossella Lorenzi, July 25, 2007, Discovery News)
Throwing stone balls along a lane might have been a popular game in ancient Egypt, according to evidence unearthed some 56 miles south of Cairo by Italian archaeologists.A mixture of bowling, billiard and bowls, the game was played at Narmoutheos, in the Fayoum region, in a spacious room which appears to be the prototype of a modern-day bowling hall.
The room was part of a structure, perhaps a residential building, which dated from the Roman period, specifically between the second and third century A.D.
"We first discovered a room with a very well-built limestone floor. Then we noticed a lane and two stone balls," Edda Bresciani, an Egyptologist at Pisa University, told Discovery News.
Posted by Orrin Judd at July 25, 2007 11:41 AM
"We first discovered a room with a very well-built limestone floor. Then we noticed a lane and two stone balls,"
Next they'll find not Schlitz, but a car with stone wheels. How else were Fred and Barney supposed to get to the bowling alley? The train?
Posted by: Patrick H at July 25, 2007 1:30 PM"Schlitz! The beer that made Mel Famey walk us." (Punchline to a very bad joke about a drunken baseball pitcher.)
Posted by: Rick T. at July 25, 2007 3:59 PM