Persian Wonders Collections

Board Game

The Game of 20
(The Shahr-i Sokhta Board Game)

2 Players30 minRace Strategy

For the first time, you can purchase the world's oldest complete board game (4700 years old). Evidence suggests that this game was played in ancient civilizations of eastern and southeastern Iran.

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20X - AN UNFINISHED INVESTIGATION

1-6 Players2+ hrInvestigationMysteryRace Strategy

20X is an unfinished piece of research, a study into some of the oldest board games ever played (The Royal Game of Ur and Shahr-i Sokhta Board Game), abandoned mid-way by the person who started it. Solving it is now down to you.

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Archaeology Box

The Cyrus Cylinder Replica

The Cyrus Cylinder replica. Limited product.

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References

*PW - Persian Wonders (based on our conclusion and study)

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2. The British Museum. 2020. collection. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1936-1217-2. [Accessed 10 August 2020].

3. Madjidzadeh, Youssef & Pittman, Holly. (2008). Excavations at Konar Sandal in the region of Jiroft in the Halil basin: First preliminary report (2002-2008). Iran. 46. 69-103. 10.2307/25651436.

4. Geoffrey,B. Olivier,J. Youssef,M. ARTE France.; Gedeon Programmes. Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. SBS-TV. (2005). Unearthing the lost kingdom of Aratta. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.terranoa.com/product/product.php?code=125

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8. Desset, Francois. (2014). A new writing system discovered in 3rd millennium bce iran: The konar sandal 'geometric' tablets. Iranica Antiqua. 49. 83-109. 10.2143/IA.49.0.3009239.

9. Geoffrey,B. Olivier,J. Youssef,M. ARTE France.; Gedeon Programmes. Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. SBS-TV. (2005). Unearthing the lost kingdom of Aratta. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.terranoa.com/product/product.php?code=125

10. Geoffrey,B. Olivier,J. Youssef,M. ARTE France.; Gedeon Programmes. Special Broadcasting Service Corporation. SBS-TV. (2005). Unearthing the lost kingdom of Aratta. [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.terranoa.com/product/product.php?code=125

11. Curtis, J. Finkel,I (Ed.). (2013). The Cyrus Cylinder: The Great Persian Edict from Babylon.

12. Curtis, J. (2013). The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: A New Beginning for the Middle East.

13. Farzin, R. (2007). Iran: Seven Faces of Civilization.