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How researchers learned the rules of an ancient Roman board game

NPR | By Henry Larson

Published February 23, 2026 at 3:57 PM EST

A team of researchers in the Netherlands set out to decipher the rules of an ancient Roman board game, with an assist from artificial intelligence.

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