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 ...

A common route for such a build relies on appropriately shaped 3D printed frame parts, with some kind of clear plastic for the 12 faces, and LED strips stuck to the inside of each of the 30 edges.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...