What do games tell us about Ancient Egypt? Video: Ancient Egyptian board games The Mehen game Gameboards Activities Activity 1: Explore Ancient Egyptian games Activity 2: Name the game Activity 3 ...

“Pharaohs, commoners—everybody knew the game,” he says. Ancient Egyptian texts sometimes refer to the game as a metaphor for moving through the afterlife, Crist says, so it may have ...

The ancient game called "Hounds and Jackals," also called "58 Holes," has long been thought to have originated in Egypt. An archaeological discovery recently published in the European Journal of ...

Archaeologists have found rock carvings of the ancient game dating to ... to the oldest example of the game – previously found in the tomb of an Egyptian government official who died somewhere ...