A "Roman dodecahedron" unearthed during an archaeological dig. Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed a stunning Roman dodecahedron — a mysterious class of objects that has baffled experts ...

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 ...

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 group of amateur archaeologists in Britain were shocked when they unearted a “very strange” and “very rare” Roman-era artifact. Norton Disney History and Archaeology Group When a group of amateur ...

There were two big mysteries in the news this week. First there was the discovery of a Roman dodecahedron in a field in Lincolnshire and second there was the question of what happened to Michael ...

Amateur archaeologist Patrick Schuermans was wandering around a field in northern Belgium when his metal detector alerted him to the presence of something underfoot. When he located the item 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 ...

A man with a metal detector stumbled upon part of a mysterious Roman object in Flanders. Photo from Flanders Heritage Agency A dirt-covered fragment of a cryptic artifact sat undisturbed for centuries ...

When a group of amateur archaeologists began exploring an ancient Roman site in the eastern part of England, they didn’t expect to find anything “spectacular.” “There was nothing to indicate there was ...