This horned "rook" may be the world's oldest-known chess piece. (Credit: John Peter Oleson) In the game of chess, a rook can move as many spaces as it can in one direction.

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The rook in question certainly wasn't the first chess piece ever created, but it may be the oldest found to date. John Peter Oleson Almost 30 years after its discovery, a small sandstone figurine ...

AMMAN — Canadian Archaeologist John Oleson has agreed to return what is believed to be the world’s oldest chess piece to Jordan, a rook that dates back to around 1,300 years.Oleson discovered the ...

AMMAN Canadian Archaeologist John Oleson has agreed to return what is believed to be the worlds oldest chess piece to Jordan, a rook that dates back to around 1,300 years. Oleson discovered the piece ...

(The word "rook" comes from "rukh," the Persian word for chariot.) If the tiny sandstone figure Oleson excavated is indeed a rook, it may be the single oldest chess piece ever discovered, dating ...