Rock Around the Clock! How Archaeologists Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Board Game Mystery
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Rock Around the Clock! How Archaeologists Solved a 2,000-Year-Old Board Game Mystery

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 21, 202623 min
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What happens when a mysterious ancient rock is discovered covered with criss-crossing scratches, and nobody knows what those scratches mean? Your move, archaeologists! In this episode about archaeology, ancient history, and artificial intelligence, Mindy and Guy take you on a wild adventure to solve a 2,000-year-old mystery! Listen and discover how researchers combined archaeology, 3-D scanning, artificial intelligence, and game design to figure out whether or not a strange piece of limestone was actually an ancient Roman board game! This adventure is packed with hilarious hijinks, big discoveries, and a scientific mystery that took more than forty years to...

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