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2. Senet - Wikipedia

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   Senet or senat (Ancient Egyptian: 𓊃𓈖𓏏𓏠, romanized: znt, lit. 'passing'; cf. Coptic ⲥⲓⲛⲉ /sinə/, 'passing, afternoon') is a board game from ancient Egypt that consists of ten or more pawns on a 30-square playing board. [1] The earliest representation of senet is dated to c. 2620 BCE from the Mastaba of Hesy-Re, [2] while ...

3. Mehen (game) - Wikipedia

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   Evidence of the game of Mehen is found from the Predynastic period dating from approximately 3000 BC and continues until the end of the Old Kingdom, around 2300 BC. [2] Aside from physical boards, which mostly date to the Predynastic and Archaic periods, a Mehen board also appears in a picture in the tomb of Hesy-Ra, and its name first appears ...

4. Hounds and jackals - Wikipedia

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   Hounds and jackals board, ivory, found at Thebes, 12th Dynasty. 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.

5. Ancient board game — dating back over 3,000 years ... - AOL

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   The apparent board game bears some similarities to other prehistoric games from other cultures, including senet, an Egyptian game, as well as Mancala, which originated in Jordan.

6. Royal Game of Ur - Wikipedia

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   The Game of Twenty or Game of Twenty Squares is another ancient tables game similar to the Royal Game of Ur. [c] Egyptian gaming boxes often have a board for this game on the opposite side to that for the better-known game of senet. It dates roughly to the period from 1500 BC to 300 BC and is known to have been played in the region that ...

7. Imhotep (board game) - Wikipedia

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   The game consists of two to four players who assume the role of a master builder in ancient Egypt, each taking turns every round over the course of six rounds to construct monuments (burial chamber, obelisk, pyramid, or temple). [1][2] Players accumulate victory points, [3] which are tallied after six rounds to determine a winner. [1]