More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

The tokens are roughly the size of a half-dollar coin and feature markings etched into their surfaces. Karabük University Archaeologists digging in the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, located ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, scientists believe they have cracked the ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Board games didn’t always come in cardboard boxes. Some ancient versions were carved out of stone and employed polished rocks as gaming pieces ...

A new study suggests the Romans knew how to melt iron and used it to fill in wheel ruts and cavities on their stone streets Cool Finds Archaeologists Uncover an Ancient Roman Game Board at Hadrian’s ...

A limestone board roughly 20 centimeters across was found in Heerlen, a Dutch city built atop the Roman-era town of Coriovallum. Antiquity/Cambridge University Press Antiquity/Cambridge University ...

Somewhere around the turn of the 20th century, archaeologists in Heerlen, Netherlands, came across an odd-looking smooth white stone. They knew the territory was once the Roman settlement of ...

In the 1970s, in a grave in a Bronze Age cemetery in Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran, an incredible object was unearthed next to a human skull: the oldest complete board game ever discovered. Around 4500 years ...

How do you go about learning the rules for a board game that's centuries-old? NPR's Henry Larson has that story. HENRY LARSON, BYLINE: Walter Crist is a researcher in the Netherlands, and a few years ...