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Roman dodecahedron uncovered by amateur archaeologists in the UK
Live Science ^ | January 19, 2024 | Tom Metcalfe

Posted on 01/31/2024 7:45:19 PM PST by SunkenCiv

More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found in northwestern Europe, but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for.

Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman dodecahedron — a mysterious class of objects that has baffled experts for centuries.

The dodecahedron — a 12-sided metal shell about the size of a grapefruit — was found this past summer during a dig in a farmer's field near the Lincolnshire village of Norton Disney, located about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Sheffield.

A previous geophysical survey, which had detected underground areas where the Earth's magnetic field had been disturbed, had revealed what looked like a buried pit at the site, and metal detectorists had already found Roman coins and broaches in the same field, said Richard Parker, the secretary of the Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group, an organization of local volunteers...

So far, archaeologists have found Iron Age artifacts near the village that predate Roman rule and hundreds of pieces of Roman pottery from the second and third centuries A.D.; and the remains of a Roman villa have also been found near the village, he said...

Roman rule continued until about A.D. 410, by which time most of the legions had left to defend continental Europe from barbarian invasions and the British were left to fend for themselves.

(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...


TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: 12sider; dnd; dodecahedron; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; mystery; rollingdamage; rollinghitpoints; romanempire; rome
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To: Beowulf9; SunkenCiv; SaveFerris; PROCON

He needs holes!

/Seinfeld


21 posted on 01/31/2024 8:48:14 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Multi angle tent pole connector


22 posted on 01/31/2024 8:55:46 PM PST by Palio di Siena (P01135809)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

23 posted on 01/31/2024 9:07:36 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Palio di Siena

Buckminsterus Fullerus probably invented it.


24 posted on 01/31/2024 9:10:49 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Retrofitted

LOL


25 posted on 01/31/2024 9:11:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Reynoldo; martin_fierro

I wanted to reply to it asap just in case one of the mods took umbrage. :^)


26 posted on 01/31/2024 9:12:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Retrofitted

Wasnt the dodecahedron the 20 sided die? 2 times 10 not 2 and 10?


27 posted on 01/31/2024 9:17:38 PM PST by reviled downesdad (Some of the lost will never believe the Truth and will hate you for it.)
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To: SunkenCiv

This dodecahedron find is featured in the most recent series of “Digging for Britain” with Dr. Alice Roberts. Her hair is pink this season, and she’s wearing her hair with a bit of curl, without any of it being tied back.


28 posted on 01/31/2024 9:19:44 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Thanks!

https://search.brave.com/search?q=Dr.+Alice+Roberts


29 posted on 01/31/2024 9:21:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Maybe it was their version of the Stanley Cup.


30 posted on 01/31/2024 9:22:08 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (What is left around which to circle the wagons?)
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To: SunkenCiv
Here's a video featuring her 5 months ago. Apparently she's written a children's book, and the she's being interviewed about it. That's how she looked on the Digging for Britain series.

Alice Roberts: Archaeology can create a world for stories to unfold in

There might be an ad before it plays. There was one for me.

31 posted on 01/31/2024 9:28:04 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear

More like a Stanley dribble glass. :^)


32 posted on 01/31/2024 10:07:15 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found [ . . .] but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for.

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No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock, of Stonehenge

33 posted on 01/31/2024 11:13:29 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Robert DeLong

Pretty expensive and labor-intensive rock.


34 posted on 02/01/2024 12:21:41 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: SunkenCiv

A spaghetti measurer?

35 posted on 02/01/2024 1:02:49 AM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: MNDude

I was waiting for this answer, and I don’t even play!


36 posted on 02/01/2024 1:24:34 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SunkenCiv

A divination or gambling device.....................


37 posted on 02/01/2024 5:05:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Jonty30; Diana in Wisconsin; SunkenCiv

Knitting Ping!.....................


38 posted on 02/01/2024 5:06:54 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Robert DeLong

The holes are of different sizes..................And those circles are perfect...............


39 posted on 02/01/2024 5:08:48 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Jonty30; SunkenCiv; Diana in Wisconsin; Robert DeLong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf1A8Ukk5Us


40 posted on 02/01/2024 5:24:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal qs are put up in hotels.....................)
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