Liubo: The Lost Han Dynasty Board Game

In 1972, archaeologists excavating an aristocratic Han-dynasty tomb in Mawangdui, near Changsha in Hunan province, opened a sealed lacquer box and recovered what is now considered the most complete surviving set of one of the most important board games of ancient China. The set was a complete Liubo board, with twelve playing pieces, six bamboo [ ] The post Liubo: The Lost Han Dynasty Board Game…