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Author : Medhananda
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (312 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Egyptian Senet Game written by Medhananda and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Finkel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781566490726
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Ancient Board Games written by Irving Finkel and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are four board games -- the Royal Game of Ur; Mehen, the Game of the Snake; Hounds and Jackals; and the Egyptian Game of Senet -- which were popular in the days of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt and in nearby countries from about 5,000 years ago, chosen and recreated by Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum. Everything you need to play them is here: the playing boards recreated in sumptuous colors, playing pieces, and full instructions including variations and other possibilities you may like to try.
Author : P. Piccione
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004123939
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (239 download)
Download or read book Senet, Gaming With the Gods written by P. Piccione and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comprehensive history of and guide to the ancient (and modern) board game of Senet. Having painstakingly assembled the extensive, but widely scattered archaeological and textual evidence, the author presents us with a full picture of its rules, appearance(s), modern derivations, etc. and places the game in its fuller (cultural) context(s).
Author : Walter Crist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147422119X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Ancient Egyptians at Play written by Walter Crist and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich history of Egypt has provided famous examples of board games played in antiquity. Each of these games provides evidence of contact between Egypt and its neighbours. From pre-dynastic rule to Arab and Ottoman invasions, Egypt's past is visible on game boards. This volume starts by introducing the reader to board games as well as instruments of chance and goes on to trace the history and distribution of ancient Egyptian games, looking particularly at how they show contact with other cultures and civilizations. Game practices, which were also part of Egyptian rituals and divination, travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean. This book explores the role of Egypt in accepting and disseminating games during its long history. Over the last few years, the extent and the modes of contact have become better understood through museum and archival research projects as well as surveys of archaeological sites in Egypt and its surrounding regions. The results allow new insight into ancient Egypt's international relations and the role of board games research in understanding its extent. Written by three authors known internationally for their expertise on this topic, this will be the first volume on Ancient Egyptian games of its kind and a much-needed contribution to the field of both Egyptology and board games studies.
Author : Irving L. Finkel
Publisher : British museum Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714111889
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Cuneiform written by Irving L. Finkel and published by British museum Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies. From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and superstitions. This new book will bring the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past. It will explain how this pre-alphabetic writing really worked and how it was possible to use cuneiform signs to record so many different languages so long ago. Richly illustrated with a wealth of fresh examples ranging from elementary school exercises to revealing private letters or beautifully calligraphic literature for the royal library, we will meet people that arent so very different from ourselves. We will read the work of many scribes from mundane record keepers to state fortune tellers, using tricks from puns to cryptography. For the first time cuneiform tablets and their messages are not remote and inaccessible, but wonderfully human documents that resonate today.
Author : Irving L. Finkel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Ancient Board Games in Perspective written by Irving L. Finkel and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone plays board games, and everyone will find something to fascinate them in this book about the games of the past, and their history and development. Based on the lectures given at a conference in the British Museum, this book tells the story in a properly academic way, but it is no less interesting for that ... and perhaps even more interesting! The book begins with three chapters on the games of the ancient Near East, most notably The Royal Game of Ur , then there are five chapters on the various games of ancient Egypt, senet, mehen , etc. Five more chapters are devoted to the games of the Greek and Roman world, then one on India, and three on Chinese games including Go. Then there are three on the beginnings of Chess and its introduction into western Europe, then four on backgammon from India to medieval England, three on mancala games, and one on the pursuit of hnefatafl , finally some brief notes on the games of the New World. The authors, thirty-one of them, range from archaeologists, historians and museum curators, not least Irving Finkel, the editor of the volume, to such well-known historians of games as R C Bell and the internationally famous grandmaster and journalist Raymond Keene. It is a large format book with hundreds of photos and drawings.
Author : Scott Peters
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1300875739
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll written by Scott Peters and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-03-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You, who have dug deep and sifted hard for a story to read, have unearthed an ancient treasure: a mystery from the dusty ages, when a boy could be a hero and fight for the good of all . . .When Zet's father left home to fight the Hyksos, he left siblings Zet and Kat in charge. It turns out keeping food on the table is easier said than done. The family's market stall is empty--except for the dizzy array of unsold pottery. It seems adults don't approve of two children running the place.Back home, Zet and Kat's cupboards are growing bare. They need a solution and they need it now. When Zet learns of a reward for capturing a thief, he jumps at the chance.The siblings soon set off on a dangerous investigation--an investigation that brings them into forbidden temples, into chapels whispering with the voices of ancient gods, drawing them ever closer to a frightening truth that threatens to crush their family forever.
Author : Ian Livingstone
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1465498710
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (654 download)
Download or read book Board Games in 100 Moves written by Ian Livingstone and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surprising stories behind the games you know and love to play. Journey through 8,000 years of history, from Ancient Egyptian Senet and Indian Snakes and Ladders, right up to role-play, fantasy and hybrid games of the present day. More than 100 games are explored chronologically, from the most ancient to the most modern. Every chapter is full of insightful anecdotes exploring everything from design and acquisition to game play and legacy.
Author : Walter Crist
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN 13 : 9781474221214
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (212 download)
Download or read book Ancient Egyptians at Play written by Walter Crist and published by Bloomsbury Academic. This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Egyptians at play : an introduction -- Mehen and men : the first signs of Egyptian board games -- Senet across borders -- The game of twenty : a foreign acquisition -- The game of hounds and jackals : from Thebes to Susa -- Roman board games crossing the borders of Egypt -- Arab and Ottoman invaders scratching the surface -- The role of board games in understanding the ancient world
Author : Tristan Donovan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250082730
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book It's All a Game written by Tristan Donovan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] timely book...It’s All a Game provides a wonderfully entertaining trip around the board, through 4,000 years of game history."—The Wall Street Journal Board games have been with us longer than even the written word. But what is it about this pastime that continues to captivate us well into the age of smartphones and instant gratification? In It’s All a Game, British journalist and renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across cultures, time periods, and continents, from the paranoid Chicago toy genius behind classics like Operation and Mouse Trap, to the role of Monopoly in helping prisoners of war escape the Nazis, and even the scientific use of board games today to teach artificial intelligence how to reason and how to win. With these compelling stories and characters, Donovan ultimately reveals why board games--from chess to Monopoly to Settlers of Catan, and more--have captured hearts and minds all over the world for generations.
Author : Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 143913202X
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book The Egypt Game written by Zilpha Keatley Snyder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-23 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A children’s fantasy game in an abandoned lot leads to unexpected trouble in this classic, Newburn Honor–winning book. The first time Melanie Ross meets April Hall, she’s not sure they’ll have anything in common. But she soon discovers that they both love anything to do with ancient Egypt. When they stumble upon a deserted storage yard behind the A-Z Antiques and Curio Shop, Melanie and April decide it’s the perfect spot for them to play the Egypt Game. Before long there are six Egyptians instead of two. After school and on weekends they all meet to wear costumes, hold ceremonies, and work on their secret code. Everyone thinks it’s just a game, until strange things begin happening to the players. Has the Egypt Game gone too far?
Author : Tamara L. Siuda
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0557107180
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (571 download)
Download or read book The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook (Hardcover Edition) written by Tamara L. Siuda and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of translated prayers, hymns and rituals from hieroglyphic texts in honor of the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses. Hardcover edition.
Author : Wendy Christensen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143810314X
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Empire of Ancient Egypt written by Wendy Christensen and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great civilization that grew up around the Nile River had sophisticated irrigation systems that held back the desert, writing and record keeping that kept track of every event in the region, and some of the greatest architects and engineers the world
Author : Maria Rosa Valdesogo
Publisher : Blikvelduitgevers Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789492940087
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt written by Maria Rosa Valdesogo and published by Blikvelduitgevers Publishers. This book was released on 2019-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hair and Death in Ancient Egypt Maria Rosa Valdesogo describes the relation between hair and these rites, and the role hair played in death in ancient Egypt.
Author : H. Peter Aleff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 097246462X
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (724 download)
Download or read book The Board Game on the Phaistos Disk written by H. Peter Aleff and published by . This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ebook
Author : Linda Honan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Spend the Day in Ancient Egypt written by Linda Honan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-09-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text, projects, and activities introduce daily life in ancient Egypt from the viewpoint of a fictional family celebrating a festival day in honor of one of their gods.
Author : Simon Adams
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1538392224
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Project Ancient Egypt written by Simon Adams and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until a time machine can zap us back into ancient Egypt, this entertaining volume may be the best way for readers to experience it. Appealing projects reinforce intriguing information about ancient Egypt, such as jaw-dropping facts about mummification. Among the motivating activities are writing with hieroglyphics, playing an ancient game, and making a royal headdress. The vivid and creative design keeps readers engaged and includes enlightening diagrams that reveal further facts about this fascinating time and place.
