An ancient Egyptian 'board game of death' was used to communicate with with the dead about 3,500 years ago. The game, called senet, was played at all levels of Egyptian society from when it first ...

It’s the latest find in a project examining Northern Oman’s Qumayrah Valley and the development of settlements during the Bronze Age and Iron Age. Prof. Piotr Bieliński from the Polish Centre of ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

Archaeologists uncover a rare Maya mosaic gameboard in Guatemala, revealing how ancient games were built into elite Maya ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A pattern of small holes cut into the floor of an ancient rock shelter in Azerbaijan shows that ...

In 1901, on an excavation trip to Crete, British archaeologist Arthur Evans unearthed items he believed belonged to a royal game dating back millennia: a board fashioned out of ivory, gold, silver, ...

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 ...

A game board that dates back to before the reign of the pharaoh Hatshepsut may represent the transformation of the game senet from fun pastime to religious symbol. Senet is ancient, dating back some 5 ...

The 5,000-year-old pieces mark the oldest known instance of a “board game”. Archaeologists have unearthed a series of small, carved stones, assumed to be some kind of ancient board game’s pieces, in a ...

While Excavating an Early Iron Age grave, a team of Archeologists from the University Museum of Bergen uncovered something really cool. Amongst the ancient pottery and glass, they found the remains of ...

There’s nothing like a good game night. A time to gather around and hash it out over a game of Clue or Settlers of Catan. But the joy board games bring, to pass the time during a long winter or ...

Senet gaming board, from Tutankhamun's tomb, circa 14th century BC. Made from wood veneered with ebony and inlaid with ivory. Print Collector/Getty Images An ancient Egyptian ‘board game of death’ was ...