friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Late #paleolithic #dice from North America.
link to paper
#archaeology 🏺 @Archaeodons group #gambling #GamesHistory #HistoryOfGames

Humans have been gambling since the last ice age

A new archeological finding shows that Native Americans were exploring probability through games of chance far earlier than their Old World counterparts
Joseph Howlett (Scientific American)
#Archaeology #gameshistory #paleolithic #gambling #historyofgames #dice @Archaeodons group

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There is a similar gaming piece in the Hessisches Landesmuseum #Kassel made of walrus tusk, labelled as 13th century #chessman. As it stems from the post-medieval treasury of the landgraves of Hesse-Kassel it is most probably not an archaeological find. The Shetland finds from Mail and Scalloway appear too early for #chess. 🏺 @Archaeodons group @chess group #archaeology #histodons (📷 me, very bad light there). Unpublished AFAIK

Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social)

An early medieval gaming piece in the form of a monk from Mail on Shetland. Now on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday
Kevin Wilbraham (Bluesky Social)
#Archaeology #chess #kassel #histodons #chessman @Archaeodons group @chess group

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#Poland's public prosecutor's office backs the extradition to #Ukraine of the head of the State #Hermitage's #archaeology department Alexander Butyagin due to illegal excavations on #Crimea. Nice going! 🏺#histodons @Archaeodons group @antiquidons group #excavation

Poland Supports Extraditing Alexander Butyagin to Ukraine Over Alleged Crimea Heritage Damage

Polish prosecutors endorse Ukraine’s bid to extradite Butyagin, a Russian archaeologist accused of illegal excavations in Crimea that harmed cultural sites.
Roman Kohanets (UNITED24 Media)
#Archaeology #Ukraine #Poland #Hermitage #Crimea #histodons #excavavtzion @Archaeodons group @antiquidons group

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#Poland has arrested the Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin from the State #Hermitage on Ukrainian request. He has carried out illegal excavations on occupied #Crimea.
#archaeology 🏺 @Archaeodons group #Myrmekion #KalosLimen #looting #excavation

Poland Arrests Top Russian Archaeologist Wanted by Ukraine for Looting Crimea Heritage Site

Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist at Ukraine's request for alleged damage to a cultural site in occupied Crimea, pending extradition review.
Vlad Litnarovych (UNITED24 Media)
#Archaeology #looting #excavation #Poland #Crimea #Ermitage #Myrmekion #KalosLimen @Archaeodons group

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Today 18:15 Dr. Alessandro Pace (Mailand): „Play and Game in the Ancient World.
New data from Pompeii“

Online: heiconf.uni-heidelberg.de/w46r…
#Gamestudies #GamesHistory #Archaeology #PompeiI 🏺

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Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Universität Heidelberg
www.uni-heidelberg.de
#Archaeology #Pompei #gameshistory #GameStudies

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Russian forces damage archaeological sites in Southern #Ukraine: kyivindependent.com/russian-fo…
#WarCriminals #archaeology @Archaeodons group @antiquidons group #histodons

Russian forces damaging ancient burial mounds in Ukraine, research suggests

Russian forces have damaged several ancient burial mounds on the front line in southern Ukraine, potentially violating the Hague and Geneva Conventions, according to research from the Ukraine Conflict Observatory published on Sept. 4.
Elsa Court (The Kyiv Independent)
#Archaeology #Ukraine #histodons #WarCriminals @Archaeodons group @antiquidons group

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