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‘Incredible’ Roman bathers’ gems lost 2,000 years ago found near Hadrian’s Wall

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The Mysterious Dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire | atlasobscura

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Few are as intriguing as the hundred or so Roman dodecahedrons that we have found. We know next to nothing about these mysterious objects—so little, in fact, that the various theories about their meaning and function are themselves a source of entertainment.  ^ This ancient dodecahedron found in Avenches, Switzerland, once the Roman city of Aventicum. Woudloper/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA 3.0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron

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A 73,000-year-old doodle on a flake of stone from a cave in South Africa may be world's oldest drawing

Earliest known rock drawing In 2011, archaeologists found small rock fragment among spear points and other excavated material. After extensive testing for seven years, it was revealed that the nine red lines drawn on the rock were handmade and from an ochre crayon dating back 73,000 years. This makes it the oldest known abstract rock drawing. The geometrical markings are an astonishing example of creative behaviour.