AGPC members congregate in the Great Court of the British Museum, about to head off on a tour led by Irving Finkel

In the Great Court of the British Museum

Irving Finkel describing how the Royal Game of Ur was discovered on these stone sculptures from the Nimrud Palace

Irving Finkel describing the early history of the Royal Game of Ur

The outline of the cells of the Royal Game of Ur have been inscribed in this stone sculpture from the Nimrud Palace

The Royal Game of Ur, inscribed in this stone sculpture from the Nimrud Palace

Irving Finkel tells the history of the Royal Game of Ur to AGPC members visiting the British Museum

A close-up of one of the featured sets of the Royal Game of Ur at the British Museum

The Game of 20 Squares and the Game of 58 Holes, at the British Museum

Another version of the Game of 58 Holes, at the British Museum