[another cricket]

The amazing this is that this was not all that long ago and in a very well known area. And we don't know a simple thing like when they started to play chess.

So many missing pieces and I am not referring to the chess set.

a.cricket

[BradyLS]

The amazing this is that this was not all that long ago and in a very well known area. And we don't know a simple thing like when they started to play chess.

My capsule analogy of History is that it resembles the body of a comet: The head represents the present which glows brightly and appears large. The tail is lumimous near the head, but becomes incresingly indistinct at lows further and further away from the head. The future is the trajectory of the comet, which cannot be accurately determined by simply by looking at the tail.