Is Senet similar to chess?

The game Senet is very similar to the current game of chess. It was composed of 30 squares in three rows, and each row had 10 squares. Pawns would move in those squares, but it is not yet known how exactly the game worked.

What is Senet made of?

The original tiles and fragments were found in an ancient Egyptian tomb along with game pieces shaped like cones and spools. They are made of faience (fay-AHNCE), a ceramic material that was often produced in a blue or blue-green color that symbolized life.

What are the rules of Senet?

Start with pieces off the board and throw to enter them on to the first row (you cannot land on a square with your piece or one that is part of 2 or more consecutive opponent pieces); count 4 black sides as 5 points, and you can choose to double your throw value. Senet was played in Egypt over 3,000 years ago.

What does Senet mean?

Senet (or senat) is a board game from ancient Egypt, whose original rules are the subject of conjecture. The oldest hieroglyph resembling a senet game dates to around 3100 BCE. The full name of the game in Egyptian is thought to have been zn. t n.t ḥˁb, meaning the "game of passing".