Playing with the calculating stick of the stone age people
The bone find
*Location of the find: Democratic Republic of the Congo-Ishango.
*An oval bone with a length of 10 cm was found.
*Its surface is marked with 168 indentations.
*These indentations are grouped in 3 columns and 16 fields.
*On each field there are linear indentations, which can be read as a number.
*The age of the bone was determined to be about 10,000 to 20,000 years.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Presumed use and monument
It is assumed that the Ishango bone was used as a *calculating rod*.
was used. Also an *interpretation* of the bone as a lunar calendar was suggested.
In 2010, the Ishango bone was found in the city of Brussels an oversized monument was set.
I think the bone reveals its purpose and this is self-explanatory.
(see page 27-28 "Bone Calculations").
The Ishango Game
The author was very pleased when he discovered this interesting artifact
of the Stone Age with the help of *Google* - and it the thought arose:
"This Stone Age find can be used to make a board game that can be
reflects the exact number of squares of the bone.
The bone is in the broadest sense the game board and also the field values can be used".
About the content:
27 photos or illustrations and detailed game instructions with explanations
and board illustration as well as a game board template to copy.
Time
Do we have all the time in the "world"? The topic "Time and Heaven"
is described in the "Appendix".
Health and joy
In this sense I wish all readers much health, fun, joy and *peace*.