First-of-its-kind ancient mosaic board game found at Mayan city in Guatemala - Patolli is one of oldest ludo-like strategy board games played in Americas ...

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 ...

In the 1970s, in a grave in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull: the oldest complete board game ever discovered. Around 4500 years ...

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 ...

During an excavation in northwestern Spain, archaeologists unearthed a “very unusual” collection of ceramic objects. After careful analysis, they determined the pieces once composed an Iron Age board ...

The unique ancient Greek board game Zatrikion discovered at the Knossos Palace shows that the ancients had a penchant for ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Ancient Board Game Collection Have you ever heard of Hnefatafl, a game played during the Viking Age? Or Latrunculi, popular over 2000 years ago in ancient ...

Over the holiday period, the right game can make all the difference. So which board games should you try out – and which ones ...

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 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient mosaic board game at a Mayan site in Guatemala, in a first-of-its-kind breakthrough. The game has been identified as Patolli, a strategic pastime that ranks ...