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Name: Roman dodecahedron What it is: A 12-sided bronze object Where it is from: Northwestern provinces of the Roman Empire You may like 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 that lives in tropical Peru What it tells us about the past: Roman dodecahedrons have baffled archaeologists …

A groundbreaking discovery in southwestern Kenya has sent shockwaves through the world of archaeology. In the region near Lake Victoria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient stone tools that could rewrite the history of early human development. These tools, which could be up to 3 million years old, were found at a site near fossilized remains of Paranthropus, a distant human ancestor. …