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How a 4,000-year-old board game was brought back

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After remaining utterly forgotten for thousands of years, the exact rules for the Royal Game of Ur were painstakingly decoded by a brilliant museum curator examining a highly detailed cuneiform tablet. This astonishing archaeological victory successfully revived a ruthlessly strategic board game that once captivated ancient Mesopotamian royalty.

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