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Ancient Egyptians at play : board games across borders /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Crist, Walter (Author), Dunn-Vaturi, Anne-Elizabeth (Author), Voogt, Alexander J. de (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2016]
Series:Bloomsbury Egyptology.
Subjects:
Board games > Egypt > History.
Divination > Egypt > History.
Egypt > Antiquities.
Egypt > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 antiquity.