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skittles  

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  • Skittles, related in many ways to Ten-Pin Bowling, involves throwing a ball at a number of skittles. The British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie found a ball and skittles in a tomb of an Ancient Egyptian child dating back to 5200 b.c.E. and this illustrates the ancient origins of both skittles and bowling. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Skittles]

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