![]() ![]() Europe in the Middle Ages ( Richard Earles ) Problems with the dating of chess with reference to Shatrang ( Raymond Keene ) 6. Chess The beginnings of chess ( Michael Mark ) Changing the reception of chess into W. ![]() Roueché ) Late Roman and Byzantine game boards at Aphrodisias ( C. Purcell ) Pavement signs and game boards of the Graeco-Roman world, a BM typology ( R.C. The Classical World Board games and their symbols from Roman times to early Christianity ( Anita Rieche ) Inscribed imperial Roman gaming boards ( N. Hoerth ) The ancient Egyptian 20 field game ( E. Piccione ) The game of hounds and jackals ( A.J. Tait ) The Egyptian game of senet and the migration of the soul, ( Peter A. Egypt the ancient game of the serpent ( Timothy Kendall ) Were there gamesters in ancient Egypt? ( W.J. Becker ) The Game and the play of the Royal Game of Ur ( I.F. Ancient Mesopotamia The Royal Game of Ur ( A. The Earliest materials Homo Early Board Games in the Near East ( St. Preface ( John Curtis ) The Study of Board Games and the present volume ( I.F. It is a large format book with hundreds of photos and drawings. The authors, thirty-one of them, range from archaeologists, historians and museum curators, not least Irving Finkel, the editor of the volume, to such well-known historians of games as R C Bell and the internationally famous grandmaster and journalist Raymond Keene. Then there are three on the beginnings of Chess and its introduction into western Europe, then four on backgammon from India to medieval England, three on mancala games, and one on the pursuit of hnefatafl, finally some brief notes on the games of the New World. Five more chapters are devoted to the games of the Greek and Roman world, then one on India, and three on Chinese games including Go. and perhaps even more interesting! The book begins with three chapters on the games of the ancient Near East, most notably The Royal Game of Ur, then there are five chapters on the various games of ancient Egypt, senet, mehen, etc. ![]() Based on the lectures given at a conference in the British Museum, this book tells the story in a properly academic way, but it is no less interesting for that. Everyone plays board games, and everyone will find something to fascinate them in this book about the games of the past, and their history and development. ![]()
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