Archeologist's drawing of game found in ancient Egypt, resembling more modern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling" class="extiw" title="w:Bowling">w:Bowling</a> game of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skittles_(sport)" class="extiw" title="w:Skittles (sport)">w:Skittles (sport)</a>
William Matthew Flinders Petrie and James Edward Quibell, archeologists in 1895
<cite class="book" style="font-style:normal">"VII. Games" in   (1896) <i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924028748261/page/n47">Naqada and Ballas, 1895</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:London" class="extiw" title="w:en:London"><span title="capital and largest city of the United Kingdom">London</span></a>:  B. Quaritch, p. 35  <small></small></cite> Cornell University Library. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cu31924028748261/page/n107">archeologist's drawing</a>)