Walter Crist, who researches ancient games at Leiden University in the Netherlands, first saw the carved limestone in 2020, at the Het Romeins Museum. Located in the southern Dutch city of Heerlen, ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers.

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

“This is the first time that AI-driven simulated play has been used in concert with archaeological methods to identify a ...

Besides swapping out rocks for cardboard, board games haven’t really changed much.

Researchers used artificial intelligence to reconstruct the rules of a 2,000-year-old Roman board game discovered in the Netherlands.

Pente Grammai was a popular Ancient Greek game of strategy during which players relied on tactics and foresight to control ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This handout picture shows a smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era in Het Romeins Museum, Heerlen that has long baffled ...