Archaeologist discovers 1700-year-old Board Game

Photo source: University of Bergen

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A team of researchers from the University of Bergen excavated a site in Norway last month, and discovered that among the jars and glass found was something even more interesting: the remains. back of a board games yes 1700 years old.
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Photo source: University of Bergen​

The team found 18 double-sided pieces and a dice that was shaped like a long bar instead of a cube like today’s dice. The game was found in an early Iron Age tomb in Ytre Fosse, Western Norway. This board game may be inspired by the Roman game Ludus latrunculorum, and serves as a precursor to Hnefatafl – a famous Viking game.
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Photo source: University of Bergen​