A Bronze Age game called 58 holes was found chiseled into stone in Azerbaijan
An ancient diversion traveled fast from the Near East to Eurasia, an archaeological find hints
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GAME ON A dot pattern chiseled on stone at a Eurasian rock-shelter indicates that an ancient Near Eastern game called 58 holes quickly spread to a distant herding population, a scientist says.
W. Crist, Courtesy of the director of the Gobustan State Historical and Cultural Preserve