Hargatoto The Lost Board Game Of Antediluvian Sumerian Kings
While the Royal Game of Ur captures anthropology fame, its lesser-known predecessor, Hargatoto, offers a startling coup d’oeil into the Mesopotamian mind. Unearthed in only three fragmentary boards from Early Dynastic sites near Uruk, Hargatoto, whose name translates rough to”The King’s Path of Stones,” was not mere entertainment but a ritualized simulation of royal taking…
