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Mehen

By: New Venture Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Games of Ancient Egypt

Last Stocked on 12/6/2023

Product Info

Title
Mehen
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Publish Year
2022
Dimensions
6x9x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148092562
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
12 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
30 Minutes

Description

Mehen is a strategy board game from the Ancient Games of Egypt collection from New Venture Games. It was played from the pre-dynastic period to the Old Kingdom (c. 3000 – 2181 BCE). It is also called the 'snake game' because the board is shaped like a coiled snake. A Mehen board also appears in a picture in the tomb of Hesy-Ra, and its name first appears in the tomb of Rahotep. Other scenes dating to the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt and Sixth Dynasty of Egypt show people playing the game. No scenes or boards date to the Middle Kingdom of Egypt or New Kingdom of Egypt, and so it appears that the game was no longer played in Egypt after the Old Kingdom.