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Oval arrangements of small holes found at the site of Tlacuachero, may have been used to play an early type of "board game." Clay disks, with markings on one side, might have been thrown like dice but date to hundreds of years later than the game boards. (Courtesy of Barbara Voorhies)

Games Ancient People Played

1 posted on 05/06/2012 7:18:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

And yet look what Mexico’s become today...perhaps the filthiest,most dangerous cesspool ever known to humankind.


4 posted on 05/06/2012 7:30:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Julia: a casualty of the "War on Poverty")
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To: SunkenCiv

Bread and Circus was used through history.


5 posted on 05/06/2012 7:31:44 AM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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