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Archery is an sports of using bow o shoot arrows. It is comes from the Latin word Arcus. This is used for the combat and hunting. In current time its mainly an recreational activity and competitive sport. Person who plays archery is called Bowman, Archer and Toxophilite.

Archery was proposed in Africa by later middle stone age about 70,000 years ago. It is the oldest arts which is still practiced in today’s time. The bow in this game  is about 2.21 meter long which made of laminated strips of bamboo. This game also played in Olympics and it was 1st introduced in Olympics games in 1900.