Archeologists have uncovered remnants of many ancient board games from civilizations around the world. These include Liubo, a two player game from China's Han Dynasty dating back to around 1800 BCE. Ancient games have also been found from the Bronze Age consisting of small stone pieces, and a 3000 BCE board game called "Game of 20 Squares" originating in Sumer. Additionally, the Aztec empire played the gambling game "patolli", while the Chinese strategy game "Go" began up to 4000 years ago and is still played today.

1. ANCIENT
BOARD
GAMES!
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Y O U R G U I D E T O

2. In a tomb in China, archeologists
found the remnants of an ancient
board game called "Liubo"

3. Liubo, a two player board game from the Han Dynasty,
is one of many ancient games that have been
uncovered.

4. These small stones from the Bronze Age
are some of the earliest game pieces ever
found.

5. This is a board from the "Game of 20 Squares"
which originated in Sumer in 3000 B.C.

6. Noble families in the Aztec empire played
"patolli" which usually involved some
gambling.

7. The ancient Chinese game of "Go" is still
played today, but originated up to 4000
years ago.

8. This board was used for the ancient Roman
game "Duodecem Scripta" and can be viewed in
Turkey today.

9. Mancala is still a very popular game today, but
originated as far back as 1000 BCE