this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2024
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What is this thing?

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[–] treadful@lemmy.zip 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Usually context is necessary for archeology. Finding these next to a parking lot wouldn't be very helpful.

[–] creditCrazy@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

We've worked out everything about this ancient game however we are still figuring out how playing around cars played a role in the game

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

I feel like whenever archaeology finds something new they're like "this was a massive arena for entertainment, people traveled from possibly thousands of miles away to watch two people play the game in the parking arena."

Like the get it very wrong at first but then figure out more.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 8 months ago

Wait until they find the travel Scrabble pieces!