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Game of Hounds and Jackals found carved in stone in Gobustan National Park, Azerbaijan

December 12, 2018 By Eli Leave a Comment

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A gaming board of Hounds and Jackals, also known as, The Game of 58 Holes, carved into stone in a rock shelter at the Gobustan National Park, Azerbaijan, was found and identified by Walter Crist of American Museum of Natural History. His findings were recently published in a paper, A Near Eastern Game in the Caucasus? New Evidence from Eastern Azerbaijan,  in November, 2018, by ASOR.

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