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The piece was found along with “six bone buttons, a bone die and whetstone, all deposited in a steatite bowl,” according to a study published Aug. 11 by museum researcher Peter Pentz in the ...
Pentz determined that the figurine is the "king" piece from a game of Hnefatafl — sometimes called "Viking chess" — which was ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura leaves the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis' Central West End after a ceremony dedicating ...