Ancient Board Games

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In a tomb in China, archeologistsfound the remnants of an ancient

board game called "Liubo"

Liubo, a two player board game from the Han Dynasty,is one of many ancient games that have been

uncovered.

These small stones from the Bronze Ageare some of the earliest game pieces ever

found.

This is a board from the "Game of 20 Squares"which originated in Sumer in 3000 B.C.

Noble families in the Aztec empire played"patolli" which usually involved some

gambling.

The ancient Chinese game of "Go" is stillplayed today, but originated up to 4000

years ago.

This board was used for the ancient Romangame "Duodecem Scripta" and can be viewed in

Turkey today.

Mancala is still a very popular game today, butoriginated as far back as 1000 BCE