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A number of wall paintings discovered within various Egyptian

Summary: A number of wall paintings discovered within various Egyptian temples and tombs contain illustrations of persons playing board games The illustrations have been typically dated at around 2500 B C One such game with similarities to the modern physical format of backgammon is the game of Sen t or Senat Actual game boards and assorted gaming paraphernalia were discovered in a number of Egyptian tombs dating from the First Dynasty to the Twelfth Dynasty 3000 1788 B C Various commentators 4 2 have suggested that the concept of board games was originally derived from other games of chance which in turn had their origins in the divinatory use of the arrow head Other historians perceive their origin to lie in the realm of the occult 3 In general commentators attribute the origins of backgammon to the ancient board games played by the Egyptians Sumerians Romans and Persians Recreational board games employing skill and or chance are an almost universal feature throughout the panoply of global civilization The existence of such games can be traced back thousands of millennia B C to the ancient cultures of the Middle East and Asia However the specific origins and the dates of their invention remains shrouded in the mists of time The answer to the question why were board games originally invented has proven to be an even more elusive Grail quest for many historians The Genesis of Backgammon A number of wall paintings discovered within various Egyptian temples and tombs contain illustrations of persons playing board games The illustrations have been typically dated at around 2500 B C One such game with similarities to the modern physical format of backgammon is the game of Sen t or Senat Actual game boards and assorted gaming paraphernalia were discovered in a number of Egyptian tombs dating from the First Dynasty to the Twelfth Dynasty 3000 1788 B C Various commentators 4 2 have suggested that the concept of board games was originally derived from other games of chance which in turn had their origins in the divinatory use of the arrow head Other historians perceive their origin to lie in the realm of the occult 3 In general commentators attribute the origins of backgammon to the ancient board games played by the Egyptians Sumerians Romans and Persians Recreational board games employing skill and or chance are an almost universal feature throughout the panoply of global civilization The existence of such games can be traced back thousands of millennia B C to the ancient cultures of the Middle East and Asia However the specific origins and the dates of their invention remains shrouded in the mists of time The answer to the question why were board games originally invented has proven to be an even more elusive Grail quest for many historians The Genesis of Backgammon

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