An excavation in modern-day Turkey near what was once a Roman fortress revealed a pair of carved bone disk-shaped pieces ...

Excavations at a burial site in south-east Turkey have revealed a set of 49 sculpted pieces that may once have been used in board games. They are among the oldest evidence of such games ever found.

A team of archeologists have unearthed a glass artifact they believe is a piece from a 1,200-year-old board game. The rounded piece is made of blue and white glass. It has white swirly ...

Ancient legionaries stationed in the area likely used the gaming piece to play a popular Roman board game called Ludus Latrunculorum, or the “Game of Mercenaries.” The exact rules of the two ...