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Is this the oldest d20 on Earth?
io9 ^
| Tuesday, November 6, 2012
| Robert T. Gonzalez
Posted on 11/06/2012 5:10:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Romans may have used 20-Sided die almost two millennia before D&D, but people in ancient Egypt were casting icosahedra even earlier. Pictured above is a twenty-faced die dating from somewhere between 304 and 30 B.C., a timespan alsoknown as Egypt's Ptolemaic Period.
According to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where the gamepiece is held, the die was once held in the collection of one Reverend Chauncey Murch, who acquired it between 1883 and 1906 while conducting missionary work in Egypt.
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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs
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[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:10:08 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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11/06/2012 5:12:04 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:12:49 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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I’m no Egyptologist but those don’t exactly look like hieroglyphics to me.
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:14:57 PM PST
by
gop4lyf
(Socialism is the political dream of the unachiever, the excuse maker, and the lazy.)
To: gop4lyf
It was found right next to this ancient jewelry.
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:16:46 PM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: SunkenCiv
Remarkably high quality: of the finish, the corners, the letters, the inlayed colors, the edges and faces are nice and straight, ....
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:18:08 PM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Greek or Phoenician letters, perhaps?
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:24:01 PM PST
by
BradyLS
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To: SunkenCiv; sionnsar; abigailsmybaby; A CA Guy; airborne; Allegra; Aloysius88; Altariel; ...
“ROLL for initiative!” ping.
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:26:29 PM PST
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: gop4lyf
The Ptolemies were Macedonian and used the Greek alphabet.
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:32:05 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
(Watch out for spiders.)
To: Darksheare
Let’s hope we make our saving throw tonight!
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:32:19 PM PST
by
Sirloin
(Whoosh!)
To: Darksheare; SunkenCiv
20 sides. Well there go the odds. Was this from an egyptian newsroom?
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:34:55 PM PST
by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: gop4lyf
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:36:07 PM PST
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BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: BradyLS
They’re Greek characters. It was cast in Hellenistic times (i.e. the Ptolemaic Dynasty).
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11/06/2012 5:37:44 PM PST
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Variag
To: Sirloin
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:48:40 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: Darksheare
back when there were REAL dungeons... damn
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11/06/2012 5:51:07 PM PST
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Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Chode
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posted on
11/06/2012 5:55:26 PM PST
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Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free.....)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
Remarkably high quality: of the finish, the corners, the letters, the inlayed colors, the edges and faces are nice and straight, ....
The owner was very thorough with the crayon and tissue paper. He kept it safe in his finest crown royal bag.
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11/06/2012 6:02:07 PM PST
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Rides_A_Red_Horse
(If there is a war on women, the Kennedys are the Spec Ops troops.)
To: Chode
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posted on
11/06/2012 6:14:27 PM PST
by
Redcitizen
(A good pun is its own reword.)
To: Redcitizen
almost...
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11/06/2012 6:23:05 PM PST
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Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SunkenCiv
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11/06/2012 6:26:31 PM PST
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mykroar
(11/6/12 - Can we withstand the fraud?)
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