Although there is no way of knowing when the first ball was used, stone pins at which a stone ball was rolled in a type of bowling game have been found in the ancient tomb of an Egyptian child.
Pole küll teada, millal esimest korda palli mängiti, kuid Egiptuses leiti ühest muistsest lapse hauakambrist kivikurikad, mille pihta veeretati keeglilaadses mängus kivipalli.