Archaeologists, during the construction of the Primorye semi-circular road in the Kaliningrad province, found an ancient board game popular in the 1-4 centuries AD, with coins, earthenware and amber beads.

The statement of the press office of the Federal Highway Administration “North-West” indicates that archaeologists discovered these artifacts in an area that was a cemetery in the third – seventh centuries AD, during the construction of the semi-circular Primora road. The scientists also found various bronze and silver pieces and handles. daggers; But the interesting discovery was finding pieces of glass used in the ancient game “ludus latrunculorum”.

According to the head of the scientific expedition Konstantin Skvortsov of the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, this game was widespread in the territories of the Roman Empire, Germany, Poland and contemporary Scandinavia, combining chess and checkers. We found in a bag about 100 Roman glass sticks in new condition.”

The statement indicates that drilling and exploration operations will continue for at least six months in an area of ​​more than 8,000 square meters. It will hand over all the artifacts discovered, which will be discovered later, to the state museums.