Games
Discover and Play 5 Famous Ancient Games
Will be published approx. on 25. April 2005
Book
Hardback
36 pages
978-0-7141-3112-2 (ISBN)
Description
Board games have been played since prehistoric times, passing from person to person and country to country all over the world. This colourful and unique book explains the origins of five of the most long-lasting games, with five fold out game boards and rules so that you can play the games yourself. To play the games you can use ordinary modern dice and anything you like for counters: buttons or sweets will do!
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 5 years
Illustrations
Illustrated in colour throughout
Dimensions
Height: 185 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7141-3112-2 (9780714131122)
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Book
British Museum Press
€28.65
The article will not be published
Person
Dr Irving Finkel is a curator in the Department of the Ancient Near East in the British Museum and a world expert on the history of board games.
Content
Introduction: Thousands of years of board games; 1 Roman Backgammon; 2 Ancient Egyptian Senet; 3 The Royal Game of Ur; 4 Snakes and Ladders; 5 Pachisi (Ludo)