This is a painting from the 19th dynasty Kamite (Ancient Egyptian) tomb of Queen Nefertari. This is about 3300 years ago. She is playing a board game called Senet. I think that Senet is a forerunner of the game of chess. The tomb of Nefertari, the principal wife of Ramses the Great, is in the Valley of the Queens on the West Bank of the Nile in Luxor, Egypt. It is rarely open to the public but I believe that I have been able to enter on at least two of my trips to Egypt. ~Ancestor Runoko Rashidi

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