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Archaeologists puzzled over immaculate, 5,000-year-old board game pieces
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.Archaeologists puzzled over immaculate, 5,000-year-old board game pieces
See it not just you that leaves them in the box and never uses them:)
Intricately carved tokens from a nearly 5,000-year old board game have been unearthed in southeast Turkey, reports Discovery News. The 49 found pieces may be the oldest gaming tokens ever recovered, and they should help to back the current theory that board games originated in the Middle East over five millennia ago. "Some [tokens] depict pigs, dogs, and pyramids, others feature round and bullet shapes," Haluk Sağlamtimur, a researcher with Ege University who helped to uncover the tokens, tells Discovery. The researchers also found dice and circular tokens among the pieces, which were painted in colors including black, blue, green, red, and white
http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/14/4622122/oldest-board-game-tokens-found-turkey
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Thanks for the link a very interesting read.
A few years ago as a novel present for someone, I made up an ancient Egyptian Senet board and I used modern draughts pieces in place of the original style playing pieces. It's like an early snakes and ladders game.
http://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/games/senet-game/invt/cmcn447770
I am reminded of all those stones which were found near Roman sites and people said they was for some sort of board game. But recently they now say they were used by Romans to scrap their bottoms after the toilet...:eek:
You just could not make it up:D