Mahabharatham tamil vijay tv. This two-volume work is a comprehensive collection of the pictorial sources for sport in Pharaonic Egypt. Adopting a broad definition of sport, its scope embraces relevant cultic scenes as well as archery, charioteering and horsemanship, hunting, wrestling, open-air games and board games, acrobatics, dancing and water sports.Over 2,000 documents are given detailed descriptions, with systematic annotations relating to the place, date and content of the documents, as well as the most important secondary literature.

The hieroglyphic captions are given in transcription and translation. A representative selection of the pictorial documents, accounting for approximately half of the total material, is presented in the illustrated volume. Accompanying maps classify the material by subject area with indications of their topographical distribution and chronological proximity.The publication of this corpus of materials makes available for the first time the complete pictorial tradition of a great, ancient sporting culture, the intention being to stimulate and intensify research in these fields by the provision of the basic materials.

Wolfgang Decker, Qualified sports teacher (1963) and D.Phil. (1970) in Egyptology and Classical Philosophy, University of Cologne, is Professor of Sports History at the German Sports University, Cologne, with research and publications on sport as an aspect of the cultural history of Egypt and Classical Antiquity.Michael Herb, M.A.

(1986) in Egyptology, Philosophy and Greek Philology, University of Cologne, has been a lecturer at the German Sports University, Cologne, since 1991 following three years' sponsorship by the German Research Association (Deutsche Forschungs-Gemeinschaft).Review Quotes.

Sports and Games of Ancient Egypt (Sport and History Series) by Wolfgang Decker, Allen Guttmann, ISBN, Compare new and used books prices among 130 online bookstores. Find the lowest price. Archery was a well-known sport in Ancient Egypt and was often recorded on plates in ancient temples. These plates show the kings’ and princes’ skill in accurate aiming at the target, and their strength in pulling the bow.