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Ancient board game has no parallel in Europe
Spectator (Slovakia) ^
| January 5, 2018
| Spectator Staff
Posted on 01/30/2018 12:46:08 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Slovakia has another unique archaeological object, an ancient game found in 2006 when researching the tomb of a Germanic prince in Poprad. After its conservation and further research, experts found the game has no parallel in Europe.
The game, over 1,600 years old, consists of chess-like squares with green and white playing pieces of different sizes that have also been preserved...
Archaeologists turned to the best European expert on ancient games, Ulrich Schädler, director of the Museum of Games located near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. He travelled to Slovakia and was excited about the finding...
Experts succeeded in finding much information about the German prince during the research. Archaeologists now know that he was born in the area where he was also buried, he was about 30 years old and he stayed in the Mediterranean for some time...
The tomb from the year 375 AD was discovered by accident while doing construction work twelve years ago in the industrial zone of Poprad -- Matejovce. A bed from yew wood decorated with silver sheets and a desk belong among the most significant discoveries in the tomb.
(Excerpt) Read more at spectator.sme.sk ...
TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: ancientboardgame; boardgame; godsgravesglyphs; poprad; romanempire; slovakia; ulrichschadler
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The game was found in the tomb of a Germanic prince in Poprad. (Source: Matej Ruttkay, SAV)
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posted on
01/30/2018 12:46:08 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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01/30/2018 12:47:07 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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01/30/2018 12:50:49 PM PST
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Delta 21
(Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
01/30/2018 12:51:12 PM PST
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major_gaff
(University of Parris Island, Class of '84)
To: SunkenCiv
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01/30/2018 12:51:54 PM PST
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z3n
To: SunkenCiv
I have seen images of paintings on very ancient Greek amphora which showed soldiers playing a game which was either checkers of something similar.
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01/30/2018 12:52:32 PM PST
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yarddog
To: SunkenCiv
Chinese game of Go, dating back 2,500 years.
To: SunkenCiv
Sorta looks like a version of Go.
To: SunkenCiv
So he could play it in the afterlife. Pretty cool.
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01/30/2018 12:54:02 PM PST
by
Ciexyz
(I'm conservative & traditionalist, a nationalist and patriot.)
To: SunkenCiv
Cribbage.......................
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01/30/2018 12:55:13 PM PST
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Red Badger
(Wanna surprise? Google your own name. Wanna have fun? Google your friends names......)
To: SunkenCiv
Early version of Connect 4
To: SunkenCiv
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01/30/2018 1:09:11 PM PST
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Leep
(The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
To: Delta 21; SunkenCiv; major_gaff
Sort of looks like the Filipino game of checkers that is called “Dama”. (I know, that name is used for a number of versions of checkers).
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01/30/2018 1:09:12 PM PST
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chesley
(What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
To: major_gaff
My first thought as well.
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01/30/2018 1:09:52 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: concentric circles
My thought exactly.
Wouldn’t be unheard for there to be cultural contact that long ago.
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01/30/2018 1:10:05 PM PST
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redgolum
To: z3n
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01/30/2018 1:10:55 PM PST
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Leep
(The dims better watch it..Trump is CRAZY!!)
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01/30/2018 1:14:22 PM PST
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ctdonath2
(It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
To: SunkenCiv
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01/30/2018 1:22:11 PM PST
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Ciaphas Cain
(Liberalism, as with all else evil, can never create. It can only corrupt.)
To: SunkenCiv
“Dungeons and Dragons” by real Dungeons and Dragons!
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01/30/2018 1:29:45 PM PST
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RedMonqey
(“Rockets... Lottsa Rockets..”)
To: Ciexyz
So he could play it in the afterlife. Why do we call it an afterlife when it's an afterdeath?
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01/30/2018 1:35:40 PM PST
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null and void
(The Martians fought global warming, all the plants died and the surface water froze solid...)
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