ANTIQUITY OF CHESS.
An interesting discovery has been made in Egypt which ought to make chess players feel more proud of their favourite pastime than ever. On the pyramid field of Sakkara a wall painting has been brought to light which represents a high official as playing chess with a partner at the time when King Teta, of the sixth dynasty, Jwas on the throne of Egypt. Professor Brugsch makes this, about 3,300 8.c., so that here we have documentary evidence, so to speak, that chess was played in the land of Mizraim something like 0,200 years ago. This quite knocks on the Jhead all tho generally received theories on the antiquity of the game, which is usually stated to have been invented by the ancient] inhabitants of India, introduced into Persia in the 'sixth century, and thence into Europe through the instrumentality of the Crusades. Ttia. discovery at Sakkara throws back its origin to a remoter past, and makes it almost certain that its inception is for ever lost in the hazes of pre-historio times.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 53, 1 May 1895, Page 2
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