A 450 year old soccer ball. Really.
This ball was found in the 1970's during an excavation at Stirling Castle in Scotland. It was found in the bedroom used by Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. She was the queen from December of 1542 through July of 1567. It's made of deerskin with a pig's bladder inside to allow for inflation. It is housed at the Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum in Stirling, Scotland.
Stirling Castle is northeast of Glasgow, Scotland
Source: Google Earth
View of Stirling Castle from the King's Knot area, looking roughly northward to the castle.
Photo: Finlay McWalter
There are no paintings of Mary in her soccer kit, but here's a pretty decent portrait of her by Francois Clouet done in about 1560.
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