File:Chess pieces from Samarkand 700s.jpg
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English: These five chess pieces are among the oldest known in the world and were excavated in Samarkhand (Afrasaib). Ivory. They are based in Samarkhand State Museum Reserve. This photograph was taken when they were on loan to the British Museum for the Silk Roads exhibition. |
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