Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A "Roman dodecahedron" unearthed during an archaeological dig. Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman ...

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For 285 years, Roman experts and archeologists have been perplexed over metal alloy dodecahedron-shaped objects that have no mention in Roman literature or art. In the summer of 2023, amateur ...

This twelve-sided polygon of Roman origin and the size of a golf ball fuels the imagination of historians around the world baffled by possible use. In Kafka’s short story “The Concerns of a Family Man ...

From cities lost beneath the waves to vast ruins in the jungle, the ancient world is full of enticing mysteries in far-flung locations. But the latest discovery to baffle archaeologists has been found ...

Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but mystery surrounds what it was actually used for. The 12-sided object is one of just 33 known to ...

A hobbyist archaeologist has found a fragment of a Roman-Gallo object known as a dodecahedron in Kortessem, a small town in an eastern Belgian province. Patrick Schuermans discovered the artifact, ...

Is it a musical instrument? A candle holder? A measurement tool? It’s a Roman dodecahedron—a mysterious artifact from ancient times—and it may have been any of the above, or none. Although these ...

Roman hollow dodecahedrons ' discovered in various parts of Europe are relics made of bronze and stone dating back to the 2nd to 4th centuries AD, and at least 120 of them have been confirmed to exist ...