Egyptian Theme Chess Set

This Egyptian Theme Chess Set is a very detailed, historically accurate design. It's the Egyptians VS the Romans in this theme chess set. The costume design for both sides is extremely historically accurate the designers of this theme chess set really did a wonderful job making the pieces look accurate for the time period.

• Egyptian King:

The Egyptian King symbolizes a Pharaoh of the time, the chess set description itself suggests it to be Akhenaton.

• Roman King

The Roman King for this theme chess set symbolizes Julius Gaius Caesar, the first of a series of rulers known as the Caesar's.

The queens symbolize the wives of the kings. The rooks are designed after Egyptian and Roman Arcitecture. The Egyptian Bishops are scribes, important religious leaders, the Roman Bishop's are Centurion's, the Centurion was the only lifetime officer of the Roman army, they composed the very backbone of the Roman Army. The Egyptian Knights in this theme chess set, are patterned after the falcon god Horus, The Roman Knight for this theme chess set is a roman cavalry unit, the Roman cavalry were the most prominent part of the Roman army, all the men of noble family were in the cavalry. And last but not least come the pawns. The Egyptian pawns are little un-armored Egyptian spear warriors. The Roman Pawns symbolize the famed heavy roman infantry.

Overall I would say the Egyptian theme chess pieces are a very fine looking chess set and would look very good on a living room coffee table. Definitely a great conversation piece, and good for a casual game of chess.

• Chess board not included.