Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Unlocking the Past, Guiding the Future
Archaeological excavations in Hadrianopolis, in Turkey’s Karabük region, uncovered two game stones made of bone, dating to the 5th century CE. The stones provide a fascinating glimpse into the life of Roman soldiers and the playing of strategy board games…
In 1977, archaeologists excavating the Bronze Age cemetery of Shahr-i Sokhta in southeastern Iran unearthed an extraordinary relic: a 4,500-year-old board game buried in a richly adorned grave. This game, consisting of a board with 20 circular spaces formed by…
A new archaeological study has raised intriguing questions about the origins of one of the world’s oldest known board games, “Hounds and Jackals,” also called the “Game of 58 Holes.” Traditionally believed to have originated in ancient Egypt, recent discoveries…
Veronica Waweru, an archaeologist from Yale University, has unearthed an “arcade” of rock-cut Mancala game boards in Kenya’s highlands. Mancala, derived from the Arabic word “Naqala,” meaning “to move,” is a turn-based strategy game where the goal is to capture…
Archaeologists exploring the historical castle at Ćmielów in the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship of Poland have unearthed a stone-carved board game believed to date back to the 16th century. The game board, carved into a sandstone floor slab, measures approximately 13.5 centimeters…
A team of experts from the University of California, Davis and Drew University believe they have solved the puzzle of why people throughout the Roman Empire used lopsided dice in their games. Jelmer Eerkens and Alex de Voogt present their…
