A Second 4,600-Year-Old Game Found at Iran’s Burnt City Has No Surviving Board
Archaeologists at Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran’s ancient Burnt City, have uncovered a second 4,600-year-old game, but unlike the famous gaming set discovered there nearly half a…
Ancient games
The Ruins of Ancient Ptolemais in Libya Became a Playground Centuries Later
Archaeologist Zofia Kowarska has documented more than 100 game boards carved into the stones of Ptolemais, revealing how the abandoned Greek city was reused by…
Roman Board Game Mystery Solved: AI Reveals 1,700-Year-Old Strategy Game in the Netherlands
For more than a century, a carved limestone slab from the Dutch city of Heerlen sat quietly in a museum collection. Now, artificial intelligence has…