Episode 19: Pyramid Tomb Robbing and Board Games (Part 1)

Ancient Egyptian tombs have been around for thousands of years and for thousands of years, they’ve sat empty and desecrated due to extreme grave robbing. Some pharaohs made it out relatively unscathed, like King Tut… but why? Why was King Tuts tomb so famous and virtually untouched? Ancient Egypt is also the birthplace of one of the oldest board games in the world, dating back thousands of years. Dice are also super old and used to be made of BONE. This episode has a ton of history and LOTS of ancient Egypt, if that’s your thing, tune in to The Softbrains Episode 19 – Pyramid Tomb Robbing and Board Games (Part 1)!

The Softbrains podcast is available on all major podcast apps including iTunes, Spotify and Google Play.

---

Tomb of Ramesses V

The location of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt, West of the river Nile

The Valley of the Kings, the location of King Tut's tomb

King Tut's death mask, recovered from his tomb in 1922 by Howard Carter

Deir El-Medina, an isolated village that was built to try and prevent rampant tomb robbing. It didn't work

---

The oldest known board game from ancient Egpyt called Senet

Dice made from sheep knuckles

The first American board game called Mansion of Happiness