Sign up to FREE daily email alerts from Mirror - daily news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid EmailAn ancient Egyptian‘board game of death’ has been uncovered that looks just like a Ouija board. The mysterious board game, called Senet, dates back around 3,500 years, according to researchers from Maastricht University. The board lacks the hieroglyphics symbolising the soul, and instead features the symbol for water. They added: “Since the Rosicrucian board is made of wood, radiocarbon dating could possibly help to determine when this box was made, as was recently done with a senet game in the collection of the Arizona State Museum. “Until such analysis is possible, the board demonstrates what may be a crucial stage in the evolution of the senet game in the New Kingdom.”

Source: Daily Mirror February 12, 2020 13:18 UTC