Can someone please explain the history of senet???

Question

Or can someone plaese give me a game,toy,weapornry,swords,mosaic,or small carvings or stautues and the history behind them so i can make an Aniceint Egyptian Project....Any of thoses theings and the history(history mean websites,info like date the artifact was found,what is was oringanally made from) behind them for an Ancient Egyptian Project.Keep in mind this is for a sixth grade project.

Answer 1

Senet, a board game from predynastic and ancient Egypt, is the oldest board game whose ancient existence has been confirmed, dating to circa 3500 BC [1]. The full name of the game in Egyptian was sn.t n.t H'b meaning the "passing game."

Senet may be the oldest board game in World History, although it is impossible to prove which game is the oldest. The oldest remnants of any ancient board game ever unearthed however are those of Senet, found in Predynastic and First Dynasty burials of Egypt (see ref. [2]), circa 3500 BC and 3100 BC respectively. Senet is also featured in a painting from the tomb of Merknera (3300–2700 BC) (see external links below). Another painting of this ancient game is from the Third Dynasty tomb of Hesy (c. 2686–2613 BC). It is also depicted in a painting in the tomb of Rashepes (c. 2500 BC).

By the time of the New Kingdom in Egypt (1567–1085 BC), it had become a kind of talisman for the journey of the dead. Because of the element of luck in the game and the Egyptian belief in determinism, it was believed that a successful player was under the protection of the major gods of the national pantheon: Ra, Thoth, and sometimes Osiris. Consequently, Senet boards were often placed in the grave alongside other useful objects for the dangerous journey through the afterlife and the game is referenced in Chapter XVII of the Book of the Dead. The game was also adopted in the Levant and as far as Cyprus and Crete but with apparently less religious significance.


Gameplay
The Senet gameboard is a grid of thirty squares, arranged in three rows of ten. A Senet game has two sets of pawns (at least five of each and, in some sets, more). Senet was apparently a race game for two players, with moves determined by tosses of throwsticks or, sometimes, knucklebones.

The actual rules of the game are a topic of some debate, although historians have made educated guesses. Timothy Kendall and R.C. Bell are two Senet historians who have proposed (different) sets of rules to play the game. These rules have been adopted by different companies which make Senet sets for sale today.

Answer 2

Senet History

Answer 3

How to play Senet


Throw the sticks to see how many squares to move your piece forward.
If you throw a one, four, or six, you get an extra turn.
You can't land on one of your own pieces.
If you land on the other player's piece, you switch places with them. However, you can't switch with them if they have two or more pieces in a row.
If the other player has three or more pieces in a row, you can't pass them.
Some squares are ‘safe' squares and some are ‘danger' squares. You will learn what they are as you play.
The first player to get all of their pieces off the board wins the game.

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Senet was the overwhelmingly favorite game of the Ancient Egyptians. The popularity of Egyptian Senet spread far beyond the Nile and it became widely played in the Roman Empire. In Greece, it spawned the slightly improved game Diagramismos or Grammai. Other similar games, including Tabula and Duodecim Scriptorum, evolved from Senet. Senet was itself preceded by the Royal Game of Ur, called so because the original name is lost to us. Senet was being played by at least 2400 BCE, as indicated by Egyptian wall paintings from the Fifth Dynasty. However, a fragment of a pre-dynastic board uncovered near Abydos may date to almost 4000 BC.

Those web sites are helpful and you can also play senet in one of the tomb raider games. (sidenote)