Deep-dive essays on the pre-modern origins of traditional board and dexterity games, including senet, bao, mancala, nine men's morris, pachisi, oware, carrom and sungka, where the evidence is archaeological or textual rather than a documented founding date. Belongs here: any article reconstructing how an ancient or folk game began, spread or was played before it had a governing federation. Does not belong here: an article about a chess-family strategy game's own divergence story, grouped under Chess-Family Strategy Game Divergence, or about a federation founding a modern title for one of these games, grouped under Mind Sport Federation Founding and Title Lineage.
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1. Wikipedia: Senet
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Fragmentary boards that could be senet have been found in First Dynasty burials in Egypt, c. 3100 BCE.
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Essays reconstructing how an ancient or folk game began or spread, using archaeological or textual evidence rather than a documented founding date.
Ancient and Traditional Game Origins covers deep-dive essays on the pre-modern origins of traditional board and dexterity games, including senet, bao, mancala, nine men's morris, pachisi, oware, carrom and sungka, where the evidence is archaeological or textual rather than a documented founding date. An article reconstructing how an ancient or folk game began, spread or was played before it had a governing federation belongs here, while an article about a federation founding a modern title for one of these games is grouped instead under Mind Sport Federation Founding and Title Lineage.