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  2. Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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    Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern name was invented by Howard Carter , who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV ...

  3. Senet - Wikipedia

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    Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: π“Šƒπ“ˆ–π“π“ , romanized: znt, lit. 'passing'; cf. Coptic β²₯ⲓⲛⲉ /sinΙ™/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. [1]

  4. Abydos King List - Wikipedia

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    The Abydos King List, also known as the Abydos Table, is a list of the names of 76 kings of ancient Egypt, found on a wall of the Temple of Seti I at Abydos, Egypt. It consists of three rows of 38 cartouches (borders enclosing the name of a king) in each row.

  5. Meet the young Egyptian table tennis sensation - AOL

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    Meet Egypt's table tennis sensation Location: Cairo (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TABLE TENNIS PLAYER, HANA GODA, SAYING:"My name is Hana Ayman Goda, I am 12 years old and I turn 13 in December. I have ...

  6. Mehen (game) - Wikipedia

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    Other scenes dating to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt and Sixth Dynasty of Egypt show people playing the game. No scenes or boards date to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt or New Kingdom of Egypt, and so it appears that the game was no longer played in Egypt after the Old Kingdom. It is, however, depicted in two tombs circa 700, because the tomb ...

  7. French-suited playing cards - Wikipedia

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    Playing cards arrived in Europe from Mamluk Egypt around 1370 and were already reported in France in 1377. The French suit insignia was derived from German suits around 1480. Between the transition from the suit of bells to tiles there was a suit of crescents. [1] One of the most distinguishing features of the French cards is the queen.

  8. Bastra - Wikipedia

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    There is a single card alone on the table, the next player plays a card that does not capture it, and the following player is able to clear the table by playing a card equal to the sum of these two cards. For example, the table contains a lone 3. The next player plays a 4 (perhaps having no other card).

  9. Egyptian Table Tennis League - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Table tennis League is an Egyptian professional league for Egyptian Table tennis clubs, it was started for first time in 1979 before this time there was the "Gomhoria championship" which contain clubs and individual competitions, the winner of Egyptian Table tennis League represents Egypt in Africa Table Tennis Championship and Arab table tennis championship.