Found Treasure: Ancient Egyptian Board Game

[Jenny]

Found Treasure: Ancient Egyptian Board Game: Hounds and Jackals

Ten carved ivory pegs, with heads resembling five hounds and five jackals, were excavated from a tomb at Thebes by Howard Carter in the 1900’s. The original ivory board with its game pieces was discovered as a complete set.

The rectangular playing surface, with rounded top, measured six inches long and three inches wide. The animal headed pegs were contained in a drawer underneath; locked by an ivory bolt. Dating back to around 2000BC, the game was a found treasure, and now rests in the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

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[strawshadow]

Nice game Jenny,
Here’s a really nice find of mine while searching for Mr. Fenn’s treasure. The picture doesn’t do it justice but was taken where I found it. It had been in that place for over 1,000 years. About 15 feet high in a canyon wall totally protected for all that time. It is all in one piece the bottom is cracked from time. It is a utility bowl, Keres I believe, about 18 inches tall and maybe 12 inches wide. I believe it dates 950 to 1100 A.D. It still stirs my soul thinking about it and whoever hid it there. I will try and post a better picture in a few days.

[Jenny]

May 1, 2018 19:25:24 GMT -5 strawshadow said:

Nice game Jenny,
Here’s a really nice find of mine while searching for Mr. Fenn’s treasure. The picture doesn’t do it justice but was taken where I found it. It had been in that place for over 1,000 years. About 15 feet high in a canyon wall totally protected for all that time. It is all in one piece the bottom is cracked from time. It is a utility bowl, Keres I believe, about 18 inches tall and maybe 12 inches wide. I believe it dates 950 to 1100 A.D. It still stirs my soul thinking about it and whoever hid it there. I will try and post a better picture in a few days.
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OMG! How awesome.....!! Thanks so much for sharing...and yes, would love to see other images....

[karebear]

Sethi & Nefretiri play that in The Ten Commandments. I never knew anything about the game though. Very interesting.

[Jenny]

Other Egyptian treasures:

www.archaeology-world.com/beads-found-in-3400-year-old-nordic-graves-were-made-by-king-tuts-glassmaker/?

[Jenny]

www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-4000-year-old-stone-board-game-in-oman-180979340/