Child: Ok then. I’ll give it a go. This is a close-up photograph of a lion piece from a Mehen board game. It is carved from ivory. The ancient Egyptians often made things from hippopotamus ivory ...

Patolli is an ancient Mesoamerican game played by the Maya and Aztecs since ... with the likely goal being to move pieces around the track, a 2021 study from the journal Latin American Antiquity ...

A few years ago, archaeologists stumbled upon something truly one-of-a-kind at the Shahr-i Sokhta (Iran) site: a board game.

Visitors can play the ancient games on display, experiencing first-hand the ingenuity and craftsmanship of our ancestors. Guided tours provide deeper insights into each piece’s history and ...