The game they were playing?
Does anyone know what the game was the Pharaoh was playing with Nefretiri?
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Looked like a version of Chess to me.
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Does anyone know what the game was the Pharaoh was playing with Nefretiri?
I always thought that the game they were playing looked like a variation of modern Cribbage. With the Jekyll's and Wolves replacing little pegs that you advance on the board. While the tossing of those bars was used instead of dice. Although, in a modern game of Cribbage, you would use playing cards to advance your Jekyll's and Wolves.
Someone, posted on this thread that the game they were playing was actually real. If that is true? Then, I would very much like to know exactly what that game was. And, is the modern form of Cribbage a variation on that ancient Egyptian game? share
Looked like a cool game but I'm stumped on how throwing three metal rods of equal lengths on a table can be used to determine how you move your pieces.
shareNo one really knows for sure exactly how it was played at the time of Ramesses ii
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hounds_and_Jackals
They must have had markings on them, like dice do.
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shareIt doesn't appear to have been anything Milton Bradley had in their line up. I am not sure Hasbro was around at the time, so it is unclear what the origins of this game might be.
I get the feeling however, whatever the object of this game was, that Nefretiri was a savvy and feared competitor, and wasn't above bending the rules, or even outright cheating, in order to vanquish her opponent.
I get the feeling however, whatever the object of this game was, that Nefretiri was a savvy and feared competitor, and wasn't above bending the rules, or even outright cheating, in order to vanquish her opponent.
Nefretiri probably used her Jackals to seduce the opponents Hounds before tearing them limb from limb. share
The game reproduced for the film was called "Hounds and Jackals". It was a real game, and there is an actual example on exhibit in the Metropolitan Museum in New York. It is thought to be the forerunner of cribbage. Another popular Egyptian game is called "Senet" which also uses throw sticks (forerunners of dice). You could buy - a few years ago, at least - reproductions of this game at various museum stores today. A closer look at the throw sticks will show how they're marked and you can then understand how they worked much like dice do today.
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