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 ...

How do you go about learning the rules for a board game that's centuries-old? NPR's Henry Larson has that story. HENRY LARSON, BYLINE: Walter Crist is a researcher in the Netherlands, and a few years ...

A limestone board roughly 20 centimeters across was found in Heerlen, a Dutch city built atop the Roman-era town of Coriovallum. Antiquity/Cambridge University Press Antiquity/Cambridge University ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Board games didn’t always come in cardboard boxes. Some ancient versions were carved out of stone and employed polished rocks as gaming pieces ...