Who Invented Bocce Ball?

Bocce ball was invented in Egypt dating back as early as 5200 BC, but how it evolved from its early primitive form of tossing stones at one another to an organized Olympic sport in the mid-1800s is due to thousands of years of passing the game between various locations and cultures.

Who invented the game bocce?

THE HISTORY OF BOCCE BALL

The first known documentation of bocce was in 5200 B.C. with an Egyptian tomb painting that depicted two boys playing. The game spread throughout the Middle Easter and Asia, where it was eventually adopted by the Greeks and passed on to the Romans.

When was bocce ball invented?

Bocce Ball was first documented in a 5200 B.C. painting of two boys playing, which was discovered by an English scientist, Sir Francis Petrial, in an Egyptian tomb. Bocce Ball spread throughout Palestine and into Asia Minor. In 600 B.C., Bocce was picked up by the Greeks and passed to the Romans.