Dice close up photographed with side light.
With a Canon EOS 750D
The oldest stone.
The oldest dice in the world is found in the southeast of what is now called Iran.
It belonged to a backgammon game (that's a board game).
Backgammon was previously played by many important people.
The estimated age is 5,000 years!
India
In ancient stories from India (about 1,500-3,000 years ago) they are talking about dice.
The Greeks and Romans are also known to rolling the dice.
A lot at stake.
Rolling the dice was a very serious activity and often there was much at stake.
Thus, the Roman soldiers were rolling the dice to the clothes of Jesus after crucifying him.
The Roman soldiers also found rolling the dice often more important than to guard!
In difficult choices, the Romans laid the fate in the hands of the dice.
