Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders
- ISBN-10
- 1474221211
- ISBN-13
- 9781474221214
- Category
- Board games
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Authors
- Walter Crist, Anne-Elizabeth Dunn-Vaturi, Alexander J. de Voogt
Description
Ancient Egyptians at play : an introduction -- Mehen and men : the first signs of Egyptian board games -- Senet across borders -- The game of twenty : a foreign acquisition -- The game of hounds and jackals : from Thebes to Susa -- Roman board games crossing the borders of Egypt -- Arab and Ottoman invaders scratching the surface -- The role of board games in understanding the ancient world
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- 2016-02-25
- 224 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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- 2016-02-25
- 224 pages
- Ebook
- Bloomsbury Publishing
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