Nefertari playing Senet - Egypt Museum

Nefertari playing Senet - Egypt Museum

Nefertari, the beloved Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II, known as Ramesses the Great, is seen playing the game of Senet, within her tomb The game of Senet (Ancient Egyptian: “znt”, meaning ‘passing’ and in Coptic: ⲥⲓⲛⲉ/sinə, meaning “passing, afternoon”), is a board game consisting of 10 or more pawns on a 30 square playing board.whose origins stretch back to the earliest dynasties of Ancient Egypt, was more than a pastime of the living; it was a…