The 49 small stones are estimated to be from 3,100–2,900 BCE, which makes them roughly 5,000 years old.
The tokens are carved in the shapes of pyramids, bullets, dogs, and pigs, among other things, and painted in different colours. They also found dice, 3 round pieces made of shells and topped with a black stone, and wooden sticks which are unfortunately, but understandably, in much worse condition.
Haluk Sağlamtimur of Ege University in İzmir, Turkey, the one responsible for the find, explained to Discovery News that similar finds have been dug up from mounds in Syria and Iraq,
” … but they were found as isolated, single objects, therefore they were believed to be counting stones. On the contrary, our gaming pieces were found all together in the same cluster. It’s a unique finding, a rather complete set of a chess like game. We are puzzling over its strategy.”
Although the rules haven't been quite figured out just yet, they theorize that it in some way revolves around the number 4. I guess this means they can't start playing it quite yet. Which is probably for the best. It's almost like they haven't even heard of Jumanji.
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