When it was made: Second to fourth centuries A.D. Roman dodecahedrons have baffled archaeologists since 1739, when the first example of the 12-sided bronze object was discovered in the English ...

The 12-sided object, which has baffled experts as to its use, is the first to be discovered in the Midlands A mysterious Roman artefact dug up in Lincolnshire has left experts baffled as to what it is ...

Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ancient Roman texts or images. First discovered in the 18th century, around 130 dodecahedra ...

Only around 33 dodechahedrons have been found in the UK, and 65 in Europe - Digging for Britain / BBC There were two big mysteries in the news this week. First there was the discovery of a Roman ...

Many objects have been lost to the annals of time. So, too, have some objects’ meanings. Like, say, this one that’s been puzzling scientists for almost three centuries now. According to LiveScience, ...

About 100 'mysterious dodecahedrons' have been discovered so far from the ruins of the Roman Empire, which flourished for hundreds of years from around the 8th century BC. The news media BigThink ...

14:38, Mon, Apr 29, 2024 Updated: 14:40, Mon, Apr 29, 2024 A group of amateur archaeologists have discovered one of only 33 dodecahedrons found in the UK. The object, due to go on display in ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ancient Roman texts or images. First discovered in the 18th ...

Amateur archaeologist Patrick Schuermans was wandering around a field in northern Belgium when his metal detector alerted him to the presence of something underfoot. When he located the item in ...

A robotic dodecahedron can capture fragile deep-sea animals to collect tissues samples and construct three-dimensional scans of the creatures, potentially speeding up the cataloguing of the up to 66 ...