Researchers in England, equipped with a 3D printer, created a playable replica of Roman Britain’s most popular board game, ...

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

The tokens are roughly the size of a half-dollar coin and feature markings etched into their surfaces. Karabük University Archaeologists digging in the ancient Roman city of Hadrianopolis, located ...

Soldiers and civilians alike enjoyed the strategy game Ludus Latrunculorum in the Roman Empire, especially in Roman Britain ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, scientists believe they have cracked the ...

A limestone board roughly 20 centimeters across was found in Heerlen, a Dutch city built atop the Roman-era town of Coriovallum. Antiquity/Cambridge University Press Antiquity/Cambridge University ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Board games didn’t always come in cardboard boxes. Some ancient versions were carved out of stone and employed polished rocks as gaming pieces ...

For ancient Romans, many of the gestures now associated with Valentine’s Day would be unfamiliar, if not completely puzzling. Love and desire were not confined to a single day, nor expressed through ...