A fascinating find in southeastern Turkey may provide clues to the leisure activities of ancient cultures in the region thousands of years ago. Earlier in August, Turkish archaeologists working at a burial site at Başur Höyük, near Siirt, Turkey, discovered dozens of elaborately carved, 5,000-year-old stones in different shapes and colors, according to Discovery News. These Bronze Age stones are believed to be some of the oldest examples ever found of ancient game pieces. "Some depict pigs, d...
A fascinating find in southeastern Turkey may provide clues to the leisure activities of ancient cultures in the region thousands of years ago. Earlier in August, Turkish archaeologists working at a burial site at Başur Höyük, near Siirt, Turkey, discovered dozens of elaborately carved, 5,000-year-old stones in different shapes and colors, according to Discovery News. These Bronze Age stones are believed to be some of the oldest examples ever found of ancient game pieces. "Some depict pigs, d...
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