Playing Games In Ancient Egypt

61: Games

Cultures and Civilizations around the world seem to share in the Adore of playing games.

Some of the this games in ancient Egypt were designed just for The Youngest people, but other games could be played by people from other ages, Archeologists have discovered many games that were played in ancient Egypt but in a lot of cases they never found any rules for the that games, so they are unsure how they were played it, There is no doubts that throughout the 7,000 years of ancient Egypt, playing games was a big importance of their lives.

The Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo has indicated that the oldest game from ancient Egypt was called “Senet”. It is a board game that was played by many of the members of the royal families, including

There is a copy of this game at the British Museum in London with a sign that states it was first played from 3100 B.C.- to 5500 B.C., which was the Predynastic period (before the times of the pharaohs).

Many of the games which played in modern Egypt were also played in ancient ages. The hieroglyphic images and art on the walls of tombs and temples show the ancient Egyptians playing handball, hockey, archery, boxing, ridding (horse) sports, tug of war and marathon

Is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played.

3- Paper and Pencil Games.

Are games that can be played solely with paper and pencil like

Tic-tac-toe, Sprouts, and Dots and Boxes.

4- Role Playing Games.

A game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

5- Dice Games.

Are games that use or incorporate one or more dice as their sole or central component, usually as a random device.

6- Strategy games.

It’s a game where player make a plan to know the limits of the game and to determine how to win it, Like Chess.

3- Video Games.

They’re electronic games played on a pc or a laptop , There’s Multiplayer / Single player and Online versions of this type of games.

1- Arcade games

It’s coin operated games , they’re found in public businesses like restaurants , Coffee shops & bars , like Redemption games & pinball machines.

2- Computer games

They’re kinda advanced than the regular console games.

3- Console games This type of games is controlled by a handheld device connected to the console like a controller, which buttons to direct the game, example for the consoles there’s playstation , xbow Nintendo And Neo Geo X