Iraqi artist Hoshmand Mofaq and British archaeologist Ashley Barlow (R) play an ancient board game, known as the Royal Game of Ur, in the northern Iraqi city of Raniey on October 22, 2018. - Originating nearly 5,000 years ago in what would become Iraq, the Royal Game of Ur mysteriously died out -- until Muwafaq resurrected it by making his own decorated wooden board. (Photo by SHWAN MOHAMMED / AFP)