Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Employee of Arizona State University and American Museum of Natural History, Walter Christ, made a scientific report on "Ancient Mesopotamia's board games in Azerbaijan" at the seminar at the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography of ANAS.

First, the director of the institute, Professor Maisa Rahimova informed the participants about the American researcher. Board game is the main scientific research direction of W. Christ and he thinks that the evidence of the existence of some board games in ancient Azerbaijan. The American scientist has suggested that some similar rock paintings on the Rock of the Absheron Peninsula, including the Gobustan monuments, have similarity with the ancient Middle East board games, as well as the social context of these ancient games in Azerbaijan and the cultural implications of the game in Azerbaijan. He defended his dissertation on PhD thesis in History of the Academy of Anthropology at the Arizona State University in 2016, entitled "Changes in game rules in the Bronze Age of Desktop Games and the Rising Social Inequality Background, she pointed out.

After the report was discussed, discussions were held and numerous questions were answered.

In the end, the Deputy Director of the Institute for Scientific Affairs, Ph. D.Sc. Najaf Museyibli said that he was conducting research in this direction, similar paintings and drawings were painted not only in the South Caucasus, but also in Bronze Age monuments on Eurasia (Mongolia, Altai Mountains, etc.) as well as in ceramics. He noted that the discoveries of this species are the main research areas for archeologists, culturologists and paleo-ethnologists.

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