The board game hounds and jackals, popular in ancient Egypt, likely originated in southwestern Asia, according to a new study that reveals clues about human interactions facilitated by games 4,000 ...

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For centuries, when families across China gathered for Lunar New Year’s Eve, they would while away the hours playing huluwen, an ancient board game that, depending on the theme, would evoke images of ...

The “Vatican Amphora,” which depicts ancient Greek warriors Ajax and Achilles playing a board game. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public domain Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a ...

The ancient Egyptians were amongst the first groups of people to farm on a large scale, growing stable crops on a regular basis. Play this game to test your knowledge and learn even more facts ...

What if the primary costs to play the cards are also negative points at the end of the game? But what if the more negative points you acquire, the stronger your actions get? That game sounds pretty ...

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day ... C.E. that they suspect belong to a strategic board game enjoyed by Roman soldiers.

The ruins of the central temple of Amun-Ra, on the right bank of the Nile, in the southern part of Thebes, within the modern city of Luxor. Abu Simbel, a rock in Nubia, two ancient Egyptian temples, ...

An ancient Ludus Duodecim Scriptorum game board. Credit: wneuheisel / CC BY 2.0 Archaeologists excavating the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in Turkey’s Karabük Province have unearthed two Roman bone ...

Saqqara is located about 25 miles southwest of Cairo as "one of the most important cities in ancient Egyptian history," says the Ministry’s website. It adds, "Saqqara is truly an open-air museum ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at Christie's on Feb. 4, where buyers can snag a piece of history for less than today's modern fine jewelry. Tamara Beckwith/NY Post Who needs jewelry fit for a ...