It was the summer of 2020, and researcher Walter Crist was wandering around the exhibits inside a Dutch museum dedicated to the presence of the ancient Roman empire in the Netherlands. As a ...
For years, experts have been puzzled by a rock, which was found in the Dutch city of Heerlen more than one hundred years ago. It's now thought that it formed the main part of a 2-player game, which ...
The lines worn into an engraved limestone object from the Netherlands are consistent with the idea that it was a Roman game ...
Amid Rome’s crowds of tourists and souvenir stalls, a Renaissance palace offers an escape from the chaos. Just steps from the ...
Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The ...
The researchers had two AIs play a large number of ancient European board games, including Scandinavia’s Haretavl and Italy’s ...
Chemical records preserved in Pompeii’s public baths show how polluted well water shaped Roman bathing before aqueducts arrived.