Over the years archaeological digs of Roman sites have uncovered many of these strange dodecahedrons, usually made out of metal and with various holes in their faces. With no surviving records that ...

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 ...

A fragment of a mysterious artifact known as a Roman dodecahedron has been found in Belgium. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

A group of amateur archaeologists in England were on their second to last day of excavation last June when they discovered a find of a lifetime — a mysterious ancient artifact called a dodecahedron at ...

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 ...

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 ...