Facts of the Matter: Roman docdecahedra prove history isn’t fully complete

Across northern Europe, archaeologists have uncovered dozens of small bronze objects that seem oddly out of place in the ancient world. They look less like Roman artifacts than props from a science fiction film. Small enough to fit comfortably in the palm of a hand, each has twelve pentagonal faces with a circular hole in the center of every side. Small knobs decorate the corners, giving the objects the appearance of geometry fused with forgotten machinery.

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