Hounds and jackals
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hounds-and-jackals-178-13064394
title:
Hounds and jackals
text:
Hounds and jackals or dogs and jackals is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian tables game that is known from several examples of gaming boards and gaming pieces found in excavations. The modern game was discovered by Howard Carter, who found one complete gaming set in a Theban tomb from the reign of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhat IV that dates to the 12th Dynasty. The latter game set is one of the best preserved examples and is today in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He
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Ancient Egyptian board game
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounds_and_jackals
date created:
2016-01-09T10:48:08Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:56:27Z
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