If you travel around in Greek cities throughout the Ancient Mediterranean, you can see where they've carved little game boards into flagstones of different temples or buildings, in Greek cities.

如果你周游古地中海地区的希腊城市，就会发现他们在各类神庙,或建筑的石板上，刻有小型游戏棋盘。

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so you can't build really high or the buildings will just sink into the ground.

所以你不能把楼建得很高，否则建筑物会下沉到地里。

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