Here are 10 of the oldest board games and a quick primer on how to play each one. With these games, you may find new (ancient) ways to fill the long summer days.

Games ancient and oriental : and how to play them; being the games of the ancient Egyptians, the heira gramme of the Greeks, the ludus latrunculorum of the Romans, and the oriental games of chess, ...

Families will be able to dig for fossils in sand pits, turn teddies into Ancient Egyptians and mummies, and play hieroglyphics code games.