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Game of Ur

  • Game of Ur
RANIYE - After rolling pyramid-shaped dice, Iraqi Kurdish artisan Hoshmand Muwafaq shifted his pebble around an ornate board, his handmade recreation of one of the Middle East's oldest and most popular games. Originating nearly 5,000 years ago in what would become Iraq, the Royal Game of Ur mysteriously died out -- until Muwafaq resurrected it by making his own decorated wooden board. "It is a nice feeling when you rebuild and recreate a game which is not played by people anymore, and you try to show your g
Ancient board game making comeback in Iraq
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