Ancient artifact validates wrestling's longevity, history
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by Jason Bryant Amateur Wrestling News
Found in a dump in Egypt, Columbia University is now in possession of the oldest known manual of sport, and it's about wrestling. On Tuesday in New York City, Columbia presented a replica of an ancient Greek wrestling manual to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The document is believed to be 2,000 years old. Check out comments from Lee Roy Smith, Don Sayenga and Bruce Baumgartner on the artifact, as well as the entire presentation at Columbia University, the school with the oldest college wrestling program in the country.
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The document is believed to be 2,000 years old. Check out comments from Lee Roy Smith, Don Sayenga and Bruce Baumgartner on the artifact, as well as the entire presentation at Columbia University, the school with the oldest college wrestling program in the country.
Watch on TheMat.TV
New York Daily News
USA Today
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