Ancient board games in perspective
Subtitle: papers from the 1990 British Museum colloquium, with additional contributions
By: edited by I.L. Finkel
Contributors: Finkel, Irving L; British Museum
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780714111537
Subjects: Board games -- History
Other titles: Ancient board games
Notes: "In September 19990, a three-day colloquium entitled Board Games in the Ancient World took place in the British Museum"--P. 1
Table of contents: title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins -- L. Russ; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins -- L. Russ -- Philip Townshend; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins -- L. Russ -- Philip Townshend -- R.A. Walker; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins -- L. Russ -- Philip Townshend -- R.A. Walker -- Ian Riddler; title: Preface -- Notes on the contributors -- Irving L. Finkel -- St John Simpson -- Andrea Becker -- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent / -- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? / -- W.J. Tait -- Peter A. Piccione -- A.J. Hoerth -- Edgar B. Pusch -- Anita Rieche -- Nicholas Purcell -- R.C. Bell -- Charlotte Roueché -- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché -- John M. Fritz and David Gibson -- Joe Cribb -- Andrew Lo -- John Fairbairn -- Michael Mark -- R.D. Keene -- Richard Eales -- Grigori L. Semenov -- Micaela Soar -- Andrew Lo -- I.J. Stewart -- Malcolm J. Watkins -- L. Russ -- Philip Townshend -- R.A. Walker -- Ian Riddler -- Jurgen Stigter; title: Preface-- Notes on the contributors-- Irving L. Finkel-- St John Simpson-- Andrea Becker-- Irving L. Finekl -- Mehen: the ancient Egyptian game of the serpent /-- Timothy Kendall -- Were there gamesters in pharaonic Egypt? /-- W.J. Tait-- Peter A. Piccione-- A.J. Hoerth-- Edgar B. Pusch-- Anita Rieche-- Nicholas Purcell-- R.C. Bell-- Charlotte Roueché-- R.C. Bell and C.M. Roueché-- John M. Fritz and David Gibson-- Joe Cribb-- Andrew Lo-- John Fairbairn-- Michael Mark-- R.D. Keene-- Richard Eales-- Grigori L. Semenov-- Micaela Soar-- Andrew Lo-- I.J. Stewart-- Malcolm J. Watkins-- L. Russ-- Philip Townshend-- R.A. Walker-- Ian Riddler-- Jurgen Stigter-- Bonita Freeman-Witthoft-- Index