Egypt
Brazil-Arab News Agency (Marina Sarruf)
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- Discovery Of Senet Game
http://tinyurl.com/k4wvl (Expatica) "Egyptian aristocrats of 3,500 years ago passed the time with a backgammon-like tabletop game, Spanish archaeologists have discovered. Jose Manuel Galan and his team made the discovery at Luxor. The collection of marble...
Egypt
Children from Brazil play Game of the Pharaohs
Brazil-Arab News Agency (Marina Sarruf)
One of the most sold wooden board games made by company Mitra - Oficina de Criação is Senet, or the Game of the Pharaohs. Originally from Ancient Egypt, over five thousand years ago, the game is considered an ancestor of backgammon and helps Brazilian children develop reasoning and learn history.
The idea of producing and adapting the game for children came from Art teacher Marta Giartini, who together with her husband, Jorge Massao Takehara, graduated in engineering, established the small Mitra, which produces 18 different kinds of wooden board games. According to Marta, the most sold of the games is Futebox, a football game, followed by Senet. "It is a game with heavy cultural baggage. Thousands of fragments of the game have been discovered in archaeological excavations in Egypt," she said.
See the above page for more.
- Trivia: The Xmas Gift For The Egyptomaniac Who Has Everything?
Walyou No matter what technology produces, one form of entertainment will remain timeless. For centuries, board games have held the title of perfect pastime. And, while the games seem perennial in their current form, combining technology with a classic...
- Playing Ancient Egyptian Games
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland) This past weekend was the first time I’d played or watched people play senet in years (see the post below for an introduction to ancient Egyptian board games). It was a really fascinating experience and it made...
- Feature: Sandro Vannini's Photography - Tutankhamun's Senet Game Board
Heritage Key Four Senet boards were found inside the tomb of King Tutankhamun and suggests that the boy king was a keen player of the ancient game. In Ancient Egyptian society, senet was regarded as much more than just a game, however - it was a matter...
- Game Fit For A King
The Gadsden Times (Jennifer Restauri) During the past several months, visitors to the Gadsden Museum of Art & History have toured the exhibit “Howard Carter Expedition to the Discovery of Tutankhamen’s Tomb.” Many visitors have said their favorite...
- Discovery Of Senet Game
http://tinyurl.com/k4wvl (Expatica) "Egyptian aristocrats of 3,500 years ago passed the time with a backgammon-like tabletop game, Spanish archaeologists have discovered. Jose Manuel Galan and his team made the discovery at Luxor. The collection of marble...