Ancient Egyptians enjoyed the games of dexterity and luck, in which pieces were moved on special design plates. Including a game that had been practiced since prehistoric times to the old state, called "misfortune", with six blacks and six sets of balls; and the other, "hunting dogs and jackals." It appeared to be a race between a group of five hunting dogs and one of five jackals; About Palm. Little is known about those games.
Senet was one of the most popular games of entertainment; it preceded the game of "The Agony," or "plug", and was played on a board divided into three rows into ten squares. The object of the game is to move the pieces around a serpentine path; to the end. Some of the squares marked with signs marked good or bad luck for the player. The game of dice was preferred in the Roman and Byzantine times; until the reigns of the Muslim rulers.
Scenes of tombs and temples, from all periods in ancient Egypt, depict dancers and performers. The musical performances were important in the worship of gods and kings. Ancient Egyptians used a variety of musical instruments, including drums, flutes, harps, drums, and trumpets. Dancing was considered to be an honorable profession for women; it might require a high degree of refinement, flattery, and decency, to perform the graceful movements depicted in the temples. The dance was performed in funerals, festivals and festivities; and other occasions in ancient Egyptian life. Singing was also popular as a form of recreation; as a means to please the gods, as evidenced by the title of "Amenha", which was adopted by women in the elite class. Only a few poems of ancient Egypt were found, except for some texts of love songs from the Ramses era, which were found in the tombs of the city monastery.
The royal family and senior officials in ancient Egypt enjoyed the sport. Boxing, wrestling, and humming were the best playing contests on those occasions. The ancient Egyptians also organized an early type of Olympic Games: hockey, handball, gymnastics, athletics (long-distance running and high jump), weightlifting, horse racing, swimming, kayaking, archery, and rope-tightening.
Children played less organized games, including balance, wrestling, running races and playing a pulley made of papyrus. Children enjoyed toys, usually made with animals and humans.

In the Greco-Roman era, the theater became a popular type of entertainment. Parts of the plays were found in scraps of papyrus used in the carton industry for mummies. Ptolemy II founded a biennial festival under the name of "Ptolemy": to compete with the Olympics.

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