Ancient Board Games in Perspective: Papers from the 1990 British Museum Colloquium

by Irving Finkel

Everyone plays board games, and everyone will find something to fascinate them in this book about the games of the past, and their history and development. Based on the lectures given at a conference in the British Museum, this book tells the story in a properly academic way, but it is no less interesting for that ... and perhaps even more interesting The book begins with three chapters on the games of the ancient Near East, most notably The Royal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714111538
• ISBN13: 9780714111537
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 3.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.7" x 11.8"