Who INVENTED The GAME Of Fifty-Eight Holes?

The ancient game of fifty-eight holes was played across a wide geographic area, from north Africa to southwestern Asia. Most of the research into it compares the different types of game boards and its different layouts, as well as suggesting what the rules may have been. Now, a new study on game boards excavated from Azerbaijan looks into how the game may have been transmitted. Interestingly, unlike the wooden and ceramic game boards found in other areas, those in Azerbaijan are pecked into large stone slabs making them immovable which means it's improbable that they were imported. This, along with other evidence, also leads the authors of the paper to suggest that the game may have originated in southwestern Asia rather than Egypt as is generally thought.

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00:00 Introduction
01:04 The game of fifty-eight holes
04:07 Game boards excavated from Azerbaijan
07:46 Cultural influences

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Crist W, Abdullayev R. Herding with the Hounds: The Game of Fifty-eight Holes in the Abşeron Peninsula. (2024). European Journal of Archaeology, 1-20. doi:10.1017/eaa.2024.24

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Images about the ancient game research, credit: García Sanjuán L, et al., in the paper referenced above.

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Game of fifty-eight holes game board and game pieces from ancient Egypt