The cache was uncovered during excavations of a forgotten castle in the southern German ... knights.” Eventually, chess spread into Europe by way of the Muslim world. By the end of the 12th ...

Built in the 12th ... century, Eltz Castle is one of Germany's best-preserved castles. Its lords were skilled diplomats -- the castle never came under attack. Today it's known as the definitive ...

Games based on the carousel started appearing, and by the nineteenth century, writes Laura Kiniry for Popular Mechanics, carousels that strongly resembled the ones the knights used were ...