Ancient Board Game Origins
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•Archaeologists believe this Bronze Age board game is the oldest yet found
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A game board of Hounds and Jackals , aka Fifty-Eight Holes, was found in Azerbaijan .
It's a two -person "race game" commonly played in ancient Egypt .
The board has two parallel sets of 29 holes, and players use 10 small sticks with jackal or dog heads, similar to cribbage.
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