ancient games

Deciphering the Patterns of the Royal Game of Ur Board - Part 1 Source: ancient-origins.net Date: 5 March, 2020 The world’s first known board game was found in Mesopotamia (c. 2600 BC). Despite this, Egyptian beliefs help us best to understand the Royal Game of Ur’s board design, rules and...

(This thread has been spun off from the Ouija Board thread.) I'm placing this in the Ouija Board thread and although not technically a Ouija board, it appears new revelations suggest that the ancient Egyptian game of 'Senet' evolved from a regular board game into a conduit through which...