Medieval game board found in Moroccan bathhouse points to 1,200-year history of North African strategy game (opens in new tab)

Archaeologists working at Walīla, the medieval city built on the site of ancient Volubilis in Morocco, have identified a carved stone game board inside a public bathhouse dating to the early Islamic period. The find offers rare evidence of leisure activities in North Africa between the late eighth and tenth centuries CE. The board was […]