Trondheim was one of the great centres for carving walrus ivory, and the style of the Lewis Chessmen is very close to pieces made there. We know that similar chess pieces have also been found in ...

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THE smallest medieval Arabic chess piece to be discovered in the country has been unearthed in an archaeological dig at Wallingford Museum. At first curators at the museum in High Street thought ...

ivory traded for religious purposes doesn’t garner the aggressive scrutiny it might if it were carved into, say, chess pieces. God’s ivory has its own loophole. CHINA’S IVORY FACTORIES ...

For those just learning how to play chess, each piece is etched with each move that the particular ... the Razor Ripstik is similar to a skateboard, but it allows you to carve, shred, and move in ways ...

Each piece has been generously donated by 50 ... Visitors will also have the unique opportunity to see several hand-carved ivory chess sets from India and China dating back to the 1800s, along ...

Sogdiana sums up the romance of the Silk Road. We find a wooden carving of their mysterious goddess Nana, charred by the Arab ...

The popularity of the game among British and Indians in 19th century Bombay inspired Marathi and Gujarati texts explaining ...

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Trondheim was one of the great centres for carving walrus ivory, and the style of the Lewis Chessmen is very close to pieces made there. We know that similar chess pieces have also been found in ...

(Graphic: Business Wire) Each piece has been generously donated ... Visitors will also have the unique opportunity to see several hand-carved ivory chess sets from India and China dating back ...