BONUS: Egyptian Museum Fun
I'm on sabbatical this semester, studying the lives and works of three mathematicians whom I call "The Sorcerer Mathematicians of the Renaissance." One of these mathematicians was deeply involved in alchemy, so I decided to visit the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California today. I had heard that they have an alchemy wing, and if I'm going to understand John Dee's life and work I need to know more about alchemy than I currently do! But what does this have to do with gaming? Well . . . as I was walking the grounds I came across a large outdoor game board for the ancient Eyptian game of Senet . I always get very excited when I stumble across a game when I am least expecting it! We do have this game (smaller version!) "on our shelves," but it is one we haven't gotten to yet in our "count." After walking the grounds - including their labyrinth (this is quite a cool place!) - I went back inside to ...