Timothy Kendall, author of Passing through the Netherworld: The Meaning and Play of Senet, an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Game (Kirk Game Company, 1978), attempted to reconstruct Senet’s gameplay.

The game of "58 Holes" is one of the oldest games in the world. According to traditional interpretations, the board game first appeared in ancient Egypt during the second millennium BCE, but ...

“ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, IVORY, 3,000 BC” read the typed index card next to several pale yellow pieces that perhaps only Indiana Jones would ever guess as being remnants of archaic amusement.