<story><title>Another Roman dodecahedron has been unearthed in England</title><url>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-of-ancient-romes-mysterious-12-sided-objects-has-been-found-in-england-180983632/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mildchalupa</author><text>I thought it was determined to be a glove finger knitting apparatus.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mkehrt</author><text>Roman dodecahedra predate knitting by almost a thousand years. The earliest known knitting was from the 11th century (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Knitting#History_and_culture&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Knitting#History_and_culture&lt;/a&gt;), while the earliest dodecahedra are from the 2nd century (&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Roman_dodecahedron#History&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Roman_dodecahedron#History&lt;/a&gt;)</text></comment>
<story><title>Another Roman dodecahedron has been unearthed in England</title><url>https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/another-of-ancient-romes-mysterious-12-sided-objects-has-been-found-in-england-180983632/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mildchalupa</author><text>I thought it was determined to be a glove finger knitting apparatus.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thih9</author><text>Related, video showing its use in knitting: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=76AvV601yJ0&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=76AvV601yJ0&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>