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Before Casinos, Before Ancient Rome: Ice Age Americans Were Rolling the Dice
Colorado State University archaeologist says Native Americans were crafting dice and playing games of chance as far back as 12,000 years ago, long before such practices were thought to exist outside the Old World. The post Before Casinos, Before Ancient Rome: Ice Age Americans Were Rolling the Dice appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
New archaeological finds have brought to light dice and chance games that existed 12,000 years ago on the North American continent, and these practices seem to be much older than the experts thought.
12,000 Years Ago, Native Americans Were Playing Games of Chance with Handmade Dice
Archaeologists have long known that the ancient peoples of North America—not unlike us—played a lot of games. Going back millennia, cultures around the world developed myriad ways to keep entertained, and for a long time, it was thought that the first dice ever used could be traced to the ancient Eastern European and Near East cultures of Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and the Caucasus. But according to a new paper by Robert Madden, published by…
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