The Royal Game of Ur: A 4,500-Year-Old Mystery
The Royal Game of Ur is a Sumerian board game that belongs to the broader family of ancient Middle Eastern games commonly known as the Game of Twenty Squares. This particular version was unearthed by Sir Leonard Woolley during his 1926–1927 excavations of the Royal Tombs of Ur in modern-day Iraq. It dates back to […]
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