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		Towaway69 on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Another Roman dodecahedron has been unearthed in E... Agree, why does it always have to be a religious object if an object doesn't have a clear and distinct purpose attached to it. I guess when future archeologist dig up our junk they'd believe we were an extremely religious society, with many superstitions and strange beliefs. /s

marcosdumay on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

"Ritualistic" doesn't mean "religious".

All it means is that the way the object was used has no relation to the functionality of the object itself.

stevage on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

The article explains that this helps answer the question of why they aren't written about in the historical record, which is a big question.

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