Editing Tables game (section)

==== Egypt ====
Another ancient race game was [[Senet]], played by the [[ancient Egypt]]ians around the same time.<ref>Hayes, William C. "Egyptian Tomb Reliefs of the Old Kingdom", ''The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin'', New Series 4:7. March 1946. pp 170–178.</ref> Board fragments that could be Senet have been found in [[First dynasty of Egypt|First Dynasty]] burials in Egypt,<ref name="Piccione">{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Piccione/index.html |title=In search of the meaning of Senet |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918080211/http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Piccione/index.html |archive-date=2008-09-18 |first=Peter A. |last=Piccione |website=Games Museum |publisher=University of Waterloo |place=Canada}}</ref> {{circa|3100 BC}}, but the first painting of this ancient game is from the [[Third Dynasty]] ({{Circa|2686}}–2613 BC). People are depicted playing Senet in a painting in the tomb of Rashepes, as well as other tombs dating to {{Circa|2500 BC}}.<ref name="Metha">{{cite journal |author1=Metha Melissa Wijoyono |author2=Alvin Raditya |title=Perancangan Permainan Media Edukasi Sebagai Pembelajaran Cara Melindungi Diri Dalam Menghadapi Bencana Alam Bagi Anak Usia 7–12 Tahun |journal=Jurnal DKV Adiwarna |date=10 July 2014 |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=12 |url=http://publication.petra.ac.id/index.php/dkv/article/view/2021 |language=Id}}</ref> The oldest complete Senet boards date to the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom]].<ref name=":0">{{cite thesis |title=The Historical Development of the Game of Senet and its Significance for Ancient Egyptian Religion |last=Piccione |first=Peter A. |degree=PhD (unpublished) |publisher=University of Chicago |year=1990 |location=Chicago}}</ref>

Senet was played in neighbouring cultures, probably arriving there through trade links with the Egyptians.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |last1=Crist |first1=Walter |display-authors=etal |year=2016 |title=Facilitating Interaction: Board Games as Social Lubricants in the Ancient Near East |journal=Oxford Journal of Archaeology |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=179–196 |doi=10.1111/ojoa.12084}}</ref> It has been found in the [[Levant]] at sites such as [[Tel Arad|Arad]]<ref name="Sebbane">{{cite journal |last=Sebbane |first=Michael |year=2001 |title=Board Games from Canaan in the Early and Intermediate Bronze Ages and the Origin of the Egyptian Senet Game |journal=Tel Aviv |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=213–230 |doi=10.1179/tav.2001.2001.2.213|s2cid=162219908 }}</ref> and [[Byblos]], as well as in [[Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite book | title=The Kent State Expedition to Episkopi-Phaneromeni | publisher=Paul Astroms Forlag | last=Swiny | first=Stuart | year=1986 | location=Nicosia | isbn=9186098403}}</ref> Because of the local practice of making games out of stone, more Senet games have survived in Cyprus than in Egypt.<ref>{{cite book |title=Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games across Borders |last1=Crist |first1=Walter |display-authors=etal |publisher=Bloomsbury |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4742-2117-7}}</ref>