Ancient Games is a visually stimulating book, with clear illustrations and varied layout that makes it easy to navigate and enjoy the snippets of interesting facts and engaging information. The book covers a wide range of civilisations over and above the familiar cultures commonly studied in schools and gives a broader understanding of other lesser known cultures. As well as how important sport and games were, it also looks at how religions, myths and wars were also integral to people’s way of life, and how they affected the development of sport within these cultures.