Hounds and jackals

Hounds and jackals, also called dogs and jackals, is the modern name given to an ancient Egyptian board game known from surviving gaming boards and playing pieces found in excavations. The name was coined by archaeologist Howard Carter after he found a complete gaming set, including ten small sticks topped with carved jackal and dog heads, in a Theban tomb from the reign of the pharaoh Amenemhat IV during the Twelfth Dynasty of the Middle Kingdom, roughly 2000 BC. Boards typically carry two sets of holes, twenty-nine on each side, and players appear to have raced pegs along the holes, though evidence from Anatolia and the Caucasus has raised questions about whether the game actually originated in Egypt.