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<DIV><SPAN class=793484512-14072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Hi,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=793484512-14072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>this
is nonsens. It's based only on Parker's book "Ancient Ceylon" from 1907. In
fact, there are a lot of designs on the temple roof, some of them date to at
least the Coptic, i.e. Christian era. So there is no possibility at all to date
these designs. Also, we do not even know if those designs which look like game
boards are in fact game boards. There are among the signs mason's marks and
magic symbols, perhaps most of these designs were meant as such... Forget Kurna,
until a complete new documentation of the roof will have been
published.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=793484512-14072008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Ulrich</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>De :</B> hist-games-bounces@www.pbm.com
[mailto:hist-games-bounces@www.pbm.com] <B>De la part de</B> Piotr
Adamczyk<BR><B>Envoyé :</B> vendredi, 11. juillet 2008
10:25<BR><B>À :</B> hist-games@www.pbm.com<BR><B>Objet :</B>
hist-games: Morris game from the temple in Kurna<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hey,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am searching for a photo of the oldest Morris
game. It is often mentioned that it was found in one othe egyptian temples in
Kurna and is dated c.a. 1400 b.c.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also Fox and Geese...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Piotr Adamczyk</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>P.S. just started project about the use of old
board games and copies of old toys in the museum lessons for childrens.
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