Ancient games

Here are a couple of sites that discuss ancient games. There are some good pictures at both sites, with rules and histories included. Most of the ancient games discussed appear to be race games, and they are still played in various forms today.

There is something appealing about the simple, straightforward quality of not only the games depicted at these sites, but the materials used to play them.

Games of Petra
Ancient Board Games and the Nabataeans
The Online Guide to Traditional Board Games