The ancient wooden board game from Poprad is only of the two of its kind in the world. (source: RTVS)
The ancient wooden board game discovered in the tomb of a Germanic prince in Poprad in 2006 is one of two ancient board games found in the world to date, as reported by the SITA newswire.
“One was found in Egypt and the latter in Poprad,” said the deputy of director of the Archaeological Institute in Nitra, Karol Pieta, as quoted by SITA. He also led the research in Poprad.
Similar games were found on the floor of Greek and Roman temples or on the streets of ancient towns. However, they were engraved into the stone unlike the wooden and portable one discovered in Poprad.
Rules of the ancient board game
Years after the board game was found in eastern Slovakia, Slovak archaeologists asked ancient games expert Ulrich Schädler from Switzerland to explain the rules of this 1,600-year-old game.
