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  • Ancient board game has no parallel in Europe

    01/30/2018 12:46:08 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 38 replies
    Spectator (Slovakia) ^ | January 5, 2018 | Spectator Staff
    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...