Re: Heortling boardgames

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From: Roland <rmv1_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 11:34:22 -0000

> Theres an Egyptian game, whose name I have forgotten (Senet?)
> that is a model of the life-path, from birth to heavenly
> ascension. Bits of the board represent sundry cosmic forces.

The game you're thinking of is almost certainly Senet, as this article makes clear:
http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~museum/Archive/Piccione/

Roland Volz

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