Ancient Egyptians at play : board games across borders

1. Verfasser: Crist, Walter.
Weitere Verfasser: Dunn-Vaturi, Anne-Elizabeth.
Voogt, Alexander J. de.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Ausgabe: First published 2016
Umfang/Format: xiv, 211 pages : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Bloomsbury Egyptology
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Egypt
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.