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"The north-eastern side of the main enclosure at Thimlich Ohinga has a recreational games section where a Mancala like board game, locally known as ajua, is curved into the rock surface" (wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
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"Tsoro game board - several examples can be seen at Khami, marked out on granite boulders. This game, which is still played, uses small rounded river pebbles as counters." (see link)
See www.bulawayo1872.com
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The oldest discovered backgammon
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There is a view that a number of carvings at Petra were "boards" for playing a version of the "sowing" game "Mancala"
See nabataea.net
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Courtyard for playing "Pachisi". A type of Ludo played by the Mughal Emperor Akbar using girls from his harem as "counters" with him "running" the game from a central raised chair!
See commons.wikimedia.org
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Tomb of Nefertari with a mural showing her playing the ancient Egyptian game of "Senet"
See en.wikipedia.org