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 ...

The Norton Disney History and Archeology Group was digging in a field near the village of Norton Disney in Lincolnshire, England last summer when one of the volunteers stumbled upon a Roman ...

There are many sides to this story. Scientists remain baffled over a mysterious 12-sided bronze object dating back to the Roman Empire — theorizing it could be anything from a candle holder to a ...

The 12-sided Infinity Dodecahedron is one of many mirrored illusions at the Museum of Illusions St. Louis at City Foundry. When looking inside the shape the refractions appear to go on infinitely. The ...

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 ...

The artifact was found during a two-week dig by a volunteer group in the village of Norton Disney. Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group Researchers have long been puzzled by the Roman ...

A small community archaeology group stumbled across the "find of a lifetime" in the British countryside – a puzzling 1,700-year-old Roman artifact that has experts scratching their heads. The artifact ...

Where it is from: Northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire When it was made: Second to fourth centuries A.D. Related: Penguin Vessel: 1,600-year-old Nazca depiction of a cold-water Humboldt penguin ...

More than 100 dodecahedrons have now been found in northwestern Europe, but archaeologists still don't know what they were used for. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Dr Samantha Tipper is the current treasurer for the Norton Disney Archaeology Group. Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of these 12-sided, hollow objects in ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Roman dodecahedra are something of an enigma: there is no known mention of ...

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 ...