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Treasure hunting on the Thames, with Jo Ellison
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Why Do Games Exist?
Tom's family has a long running relationship with backammon that goes back at least four generations. His grandfather fled hungry for london after world war two and emigrated to america where he taught tom's dad back gammon, which was passed down from one generation to the next. Humans have been passing down board games thousands of years. There are vases from ancient greece that show achilles and ajax playing dice. Archaeologists found a moncala bord in a neolithic dwelling in jordan that dates back to possibly 58 70 b c e.
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