In the 1970s, in a grave in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull: the oldest complete board game ever discovered. Around 4500 years ...

Board games have long been a favored pastime, even thousands of years ago. The ancient game called "Hounds and Jackals," also called "58 Holes," has long been thought to have originated in Egypt. An ...

The board game hounds and jackals, popular in ancient Egypt, likely originated in southwestern Asia, according to a new study ...

Researchers have proposed a possible set of rules for an ancient board game that dates back more than 4,000 years ago, ranking as one of the oldest in the world. A paper accepted for publication in ...

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A board game dubbed “Hounds and Jackals” or “58 Holes” is believed to be the oldest in the world, with ancient versions found in multiple regions. A relatively new discovery of game boards in ...

During an excavation in northwestern Spain, archaeologists unearthed a “very unusual” collection of ceramic objects. After careful analysis, they determined the pieces once composed an Iron Age board ...

Mysterious stone spheres could be remnants of an ancient board game played across Aegean and Mediterranean settlements thousands of years ago, according to an analysis helped by artificial ...