Ancient Egyptians at Play: Board Games Across Borders

The foundational modern text on the geographic and cultural transmission of Egyptian board games. Crist, Dunn-Vaturi, and de Voogt trace Mehen's spread to the Levant (Bab edh-Dhra) and Cyprus (Sotira Kaminoudhia), arguing that board games functioned as vectors of soft diplomacy across the Bronze Age interaction sphere.