HISTORY OF CHILDREN'S GAMES & TOYS - Carchemish (aka Karkemish and Karkamiš ) Syria- A frieze showing Hittite children at play with knucklebones (aka Tali, Fivestones, or Jacks) and spinning tops. Fivestones were also used for fortune telling

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