There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have never quite figured it out.

Classical archaeologist Michael Guggenberger, who has published several studies on the objects, described them in a 2000 ...

According to LiveScience, it was in 1739 when a strange, 12-sided bronze object was first discovered in the English Midlands.

But with the dodecahedron, which is formed from 12 pentagons, mathematicians didn’t know what to expect. Now Jayadev Athreya, David Aulicino, ...

Even though mathematicians have spent over 2,000 years dissecting the structure of the five Platonic solids — the tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron — there’s still a lot we ...

The dodecahedron is about 4-10 cm tall and weighs about 30-580 g, and is characterized by its very thin walls. No Roman hollow dodecahedrons with inscriptions have been found.

THERE are five Platonic solids of perfect symmetry. Three, the tetrahedron, octahedron and icosahedron, have triangular faces. A fourth, the cube, has square faces. The fifth, the dodecahedron ...

The 1,700-year-old object will be displayed at the Lincoln Museum from May 4 until early September. “It’s a real pleasure to have the Norton Disney dodecahedron joining us… just a stone’s ...