14th century #chessmen from #Lübeck (a knight and two rooks).
#chess #ChessHistory #archaeology 🏺

Dutch archaeologist Wim Dijkman who claims to have found the burial of legendary #musketeer d'Artagnan in #Maastricht was detained. The municipality claimed the bones in vain.
#archaeology 🏺 @Archaeodons group #histodons
🔗 Report in De Telegraaf
d'Artagnan by Gustave Doré 1883 📷 ignis © CC BY 2.5

Late #paleolithic #dice from North America.
link to paper
#archaeology 🏺 @Archaeodons group #gambling #GamesHistory #HistoryOfGames

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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 Unpublished AFAIK

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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

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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

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 🏺

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

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