World’s oldest backgammon
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Forum Name: Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East and Greater Iran
Forum Discription: Babylon, Egypt, Persia and other civilizations of the Near East from ancient times to 600s AD
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Topic: World’s oldest backgammon
Posted By: Behi
Subject: World’s oldest backgammon
Date Posted: 06-May-2005 at 08:23
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You also can read News of Burnt City (Shar-e-Sokhteh) at own article
World's oldest backgammon The oldest backgammon in the world along with 60 pieces has been unearthed beneath the rubbles of the legendary Burnt City in Sistan-Baluchistan province, southeastern Iran. Iranian archeologists working on the relics of the 5,000-year-old civilization argue this backgammon is much older than the one already discovered in Mesopotamia and their evidence is strong enough to claim the board game was first played in the Burnt City and then transferred to other civilizations. "The backgammon reveals intriguing clues to the lifestyle of those people," said Mansour Sajjadi, head of the research team. "The board is rectangular and made of ebony, which did not grow in Sistan and merchants used to import it from India." He added the board features an engraved serpent coiling around itself for 20 times, thus producing 20 slots for the game, more affectionately known in Persian as Nard. The engraving, artistically done, indicates artisans in the Burnt City were masters of the craft. [continue]
http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/4743 - http://www.iranian.ws/cgi-bin/iran_news/exec/view.cgi/2/4743 |
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Posted By: Rakhsh
Date Posted: 01-Nov-2005 at 22:04
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Yup that is why it is a Persian game ------------- Never under estimate the predictablity of stupidity! - Bullet Tooth Tony |