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
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/14/4622122/oldest-board-game-tokens-found-turkey

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