Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A piece of etched rock discovered at the site of an ancient Roman settlement in the Netherlands is now thought to be an ancient game board.

Game board carved into a stone block found in the eastern part of the city. (Zofia Kowarska/PAP) Founded in the late 4th century BC under Hellenistic Egyptian kings, Ptolemais grew into a massive ...

A smooth, white stone dating from the Roman era and unearthed in the Netherlands has long baffled researchers. Now, with the help of artificial intelligence, scientists believe they have cracked the ...

More than a century ago, a scratched-up slab of limestone was excavated in the modern-day Netherlands and later deemed an ancient Roman game board. Since then, the mysterious game has eluded ...

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. How do you go about learning the rules for a board ...

A mysterious flat stone with a geometric pattern of straight lines carved into it may be a previously unknown Roman board game. Thousands of simulations by artificial intelligence of how sliding stone ...

A piece of etched rock discovered at the site of an ancient Roman settlement in the Netherlands is now thought to be an ancient game board. Researchers used AI to simulate gameplay and test whether ...