Drawing on ancient clay pot linked to paper board for traditional Korean game

Drawing on ancient clay pot linked to paper board for traditional Korean game

An expert at the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties in Nara city, western Japan, explains on May 21, 2015, about the possible link between a pattern drawn on the bottom of an ancient clay pot and a paper board used for a traditional Korean game called "Yut Nori" or "Yunnori." The pot was discovered in the city in 1989 in the ruins of the ancient Japanese capital known as Heijokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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