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Humans have faced off with grids, dice and pieces for millennia – figuring out the rules of long-lost board games can take us inside ancient minds

Nine-man morris, or mill, is a two-person strategy game with ancient origins.

Spanning over 3,000 years, ancient Egyptian civilisation stretched from the north of what is known today as Syria, to the south of modern-day Sudan in its heyday. The civilisation started off as city states — divided into two regions — that ran along the Nile river in North Africa. Spread out along the banks of

BPY Middle School students are not just learning about Mesopotamia, they’re imagining that they lived there.

In December 2021, a team of archaeologists working in Oman made the only type of discovery that would get their work covered on a site like this: they

In December 2021, a team of archaeologists working in Oman made the only type of discovery that would get their work covered on a site like this: they

When talking about ancient games you might have an image of a couple of dozen at most, ranging from chess and its precursors, to backgammon, Go, and a few more, but humanity has long had a passion for a good game. This passion has spanned across the globe with thousands of games uncovered, but no way to learn how to play them...until now. (image: papyrus dated c.1200 BC)