c/interestingasfuck · by sanitation@lemmy.today · 21dThe ancient Egyptians were wrestling way before the Greeks ever thought of making it an Olympic sport. Over 1500 years before the first Olympic 83 points · 9 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Leviathan@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 21d
I'd guess that humans have been grappling eachother for fun longer than we've had speech or fire.
Erusset@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 21d
Also not for fun
Leviathan@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 21d
Great point
moshankey@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 21d
I remember in high school seeing one of the other wrestling team members wearing a shirt that said, “Wrestling: A history of erotic positions”. Or something similar. Anyway, history rocks.
sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 21d
The real question is, was it homoerotic?
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 21d
Was it ever NOT?
njm1314@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 21d
Greeks had been wrestling way before the Olympics though. It's not like that's the first time they started wrestling.
Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 21d
Aggressive cuddling has always been a thing
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 0 pts · 21d
Thy Greeks didn't invent anything. It was all Persians and Egyptians and other African and Asian nations.