EXHIBITS – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art
My review of the British Museum’s – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art which explores daily life, gender, sexuality, athleticism, heroism, and the social and political ideologies the Greeks espoused through their views on the human form.
Mehen, God of the Board Games
Ancient Egyptian boardgames normally have a religious symbolism, although it is often very difficult to find the exact meaning. One cannot examine the subject of Egyptian boardgames without taking into account this background.
Inca Dice and Board Games
Very little is known of the games played in Precolumbian Andean cultures. Significantly none is mentioned in H. Murray
The Games of Chess and Backgammon in Sasanian Persia
Reference to board games in Persia can be found as early as the Achaemenid period, where according to Plutarch a board game with dice was played by Artaxerxes.
The Origin of Chess and the Silk Road
The Origin of Chess and the Silk Road Horst Remus The Silk Road Foundation Newsletter: Vol.1:1 (2003) Abstract The classical research about the origin…
War in the Amphitheatre
The gladiatorial games are intrinsically linked to our perception of Roman history and culture as they are a microcosm of Roman society.
The Enculturative Function of Toys and Games in Ancient Greece and Rome
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the enculturative function of children’s toys and games in ancient Greece and Rome.