Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a unique mosaic-style board game in the ancient Mayan city of Naachtun, ...

The discovery of a carved game board in a Maya compound has given archaeologists a rare, almost cinematic glimpse of everyday life that survived roughly 1,500 years underground. Instead of a portable ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient mosaic board game at a Mayan site in Guatemala, in a first-of-its-kind breakthrough. The game has been identified as Patolli, a strategic pastime that ranks ...

Centuries before Monopoly, there was Patolli, a high-stakes Mesoamerican game of strategy and luck where players wagered crops and wealth as they raced their opponents around a cross-shaped board. The ...