According to one article I read: 'Senet is one of the oldest board games. It was played in ancient Egypt, reportedly before 3000 BC. Senet (means �passing�) is a race game, which has five to seven pieces per player. The board is made up of 3x10 squares. There is also a version with 8 linear squares followed by 4x3, the "twenty-game". In senet, players advanced according to the results of throws of little sticks or knuckle bones (the predecessors of dice). Some historians believe that the game of senet evolved to depict divinities and events in the afterlife. Both, senet and chess are board games, which are played by two players, on the board divided into squares with pawns as pieces.' http://monroi.com/chess-info/44-in/751-the-history-of-chess.html I think Senet is the stick game played in Charlton Heston's The 10 Commandments between Anne Baxter (Nefertiti) and...someone--haven't seen it in a while, lol--rather than the game they found in King Tut's tomb. But...who cares!?