Media Watch: Ancient game boards in Iran

From the Tehran Times:

Archaeological studies on some engravings on rocks on Khark Island have identified them as a compass and ancient game boards.

The engravings are between 2000 and 3000 years old, archaeologist Reza Moradi Ghiasabadi, who conducted the recently concluded studies, told the Persian service of CHN on Saturday....

The Khark game boards have been created in different shapes and are something like modern backgammon boards, Moradi Ghiasabadi stated. He has identified seven types of ancient game board on the island so far.

To see a pic of one gameboard and read the rest of the article, head to the Tehran Times.



Posted by W. Eric Martin on Apr 20, 2008 at 09:00 AM in Game NewsMedia Watch / 1188

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