"Mmmmmm, marbles, gargle gargle gargle..."
Posted on 07/28/2008 9:31:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in northwest Russia have discovered a chess piece dating back to the late 14th century, a spokesman for local archaeologists said on Friday.
"The king, around several centimeters tall, is made of solid wood, possibly of juniper," the spokesman said.
The excavations are being carried out at the site of the Palace of Facets, in the Novgorod Kremlin in Veliky Novgorod. The palace is believed to be the oldest in Russia.
According to the city chronicles, chess as a competitive game emerged in Veliky Novgorod, the foremost historic city in northwest Russia, in the 13th century, but was banned in 1286 by the church.
However, besides the king, archeologists in the region have found a total of 82 chess pieces dating back to at least the 14th century, showing that the game remained popular among the local population despite the church ban.
The first historical mention of Veliky Novgorod was in 859 AD. City chronicles say that by 862 AD it was already a stop on the trading route between the Baltics and Byzantium.
The city will celebrate its 1150th anniversary in 2009.
(Excerpt) Read more at en.rian.ru ...
Ancient Rus: trade and crafts
Russia-InfoCenter | December 20, 2006 | Olga Pletneva
Posted on 12/20/2006 5:41:36 AM PST by eastern
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Archaeologists find medieval feeding bottles in northwest Russia
Ria Novosti | May 26, 2008
Posted on 05/26/2008 5:20:08 PM PDT by rdl6989
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Archeologists Discover Unique Things In Veliki Novgorod (Baby Bottles)
Russiaq IC | 5-27-2008
Posted on 05/27/2008 3:00:16 PM PDT by blam
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I guess the owner of the set died while waiting for his opponent to move....
... yeah, but the move isn’t complete until the hand is removed from the piece...
Cool but I wanna know if he made his move yet?
Probably was executed before he could make the move. Oh, and /rimshot since you were in first with that joke. ;’)
Yup!
Thanks!
It’s a strange Monday, so I’m surprised. I didn’t hink my brain was fast enough. *sigh*
Funny, I didn’t think Helen Thomas played chess. Now if they found a 600 year old “Hungry Hungy Hippos”, it’s probably hers.
Was it found lodged in Kasparov’s great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather’s skull ?
Maybe he was waiting for all of his chess pieces to arrive from the Franklin Mint, 1 piece per month...
Golly...there was a time when you got three every two months.
Still, the wait is long. ;o]
"Mmmmmm, marbles, gargle gargle gargle..."
Chess is a great game. I have a few sets of chessboards -- including a Star Trek set.
And as fate would have it, every one of their cameras had dead batteries...
The gov’t is downplaying the find, because of all the czechs on the chessboard.
I thought the czechs were in the mail???
Maybe they are, I’ll take a rook.
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