Egypt
The Eloquent Peasant (Margaret Maitland)
- 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...
- 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...
- Senet - An Ancient Egyptian Game Of The Soul
examiner.com (Diana Gainer) The ancient Egyptian Senet (snt in hieroglyphs, which means “passing”) is a game for two players, requiring a board with 3 rows of 10 squares each – sort of like a checkerboard cut off short. Each player tries to be the...
- 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...
- 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...
Egypt
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 me think about how the actual game play is perfectly in tune with the ancient Egyptian conceptualization of society. But before all of that: first of all, it’s rather amazing that people are playing a game 5000 years after it’s invention, in a completely different part of the globe. And that it’s not just because that game has been around for that long, but that it’s actually been resurrected from the ground: rather amusing for a game about rebirth! Our fascination with the past led people to dig up these game boards and reconstruct the rules through painstaking research, and has captured people’s imaginations enough for several different commercially sold editions to be released over the past few decades.
- 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...
- 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...
- Senet - An Ancient Egyptian Game Of The Soul
examiner.com (Diana Gainer) The ancient Egyptian Senet (snt in hieroglyphs, which means “passing”) is a game for two players, requiring a board with 3 rows of 10 squares each – sort of like a checkerboard cut off short. Each player tries to be the...
- 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...
- 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...