Sidewalk Checkers (474 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle) Martha McKeen Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Artist: Pieter Brueghel the Younger

Serial #: NPL19-363-218D

Number of Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces: 557

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Sidewalk Checkers (474 Piece Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle) Martha McKeen Artist: Pieter Brueghel the YoungerCheckers has been popular for many years, and you would be hard pressed to find a kid who needed help understanding the rules, but where did it actually come from? Historians believe that the game may have originated around 3000 BCE. Archaeologists have found game pieces in the ancient city of Ur in what is now Iraq. It is much older than chess, which has only been dated back 1500 years to ancient India. Those who have studied the history of checkers