To pass the time the ancient Greeks played various board and dice games which have been attested to in various sources.

Here are 10 of the oldest board games and a quick primer on how to play each one. With these games, you may find new (ancient) ways to fill the long summer days.

Many ancient board games have been discovered, but there are no rulebooks so we don't know how to play them. Now AI is bringing these games back to life by working out likely rules ...

Archeologists have found remnants of an ancient Roman board game that may resemble elements of a widely played, modern strategy board game today. When Roman soldiers weren’t out training or ...

A new study provides possible evidence that the origins of a board game widely known as the world's oldest has different origins than originally believed.

News Release 30-Sep-2022 Stone spheres could be from Ancient Greek board game Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Bristol image: Groups of spheres from Akrotiri view more Credit: Konstantinos ...

Greek mythology is full of artifacts endowed with supernatural powers, in addition to a myriad of unforgettable gods, ...

Archaeologists Discover Ancient Tokens That Roman Soldiers Used to Play Strategy Games The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once ...

Mysterious stone spheres from Ancient Greece may be tokens from an early board game The strange spheres have been unearthed from archaeological sites across the Aegean and Mediterranean ...

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events.

Archaeologists from the University of Bristol have suggested that mysterious stone spheres found at various ancient settlements across the Aegean and Mediterranean could be playing pieces from one of ...