Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Armand Spitz used a dodecahedron as the "globe" equivalent for his Digital Dome planetarium projector, [10] based upon a suggestion from Albert Einstein. Regular dodecahedrons are sometimes used as dice , when they are known as d12s, especially in games such as Dungeons and Dragons .
Two dodecahedra and an icosahedron on display in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn, Germany. The first dodecahedron was found in 1739. Since then, at least 130 similar objects have been found in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, but not in the Roman heartland in Italy. [1]
The regular dodecahedron is often used in role-playing games as a twelve-sided die ("d12" for short), one of the more common polyhedral dice. Desk calendars are occasionally made in the shape of a dodecahedron, usually from a die-cut folded card, with one month on each face.
Roblox is an online game platform and game creation system built around user-generated content and games, [8] [9] officially referred to as "experiences". [10] Games can be created by any user through the platforms game engine, Roblox Studio, [11] and then shared to and played by other players. [8]
This design for an amulet comes from the Black Pullet grimoire.. A grimoire (/ ɡ r ɪ m ˈ w ɑːr /) (also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook) [citation needed] is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets, how to perform magical spells, charms, and divination, and how to summon or invoke supernatural ...
Amateur archaeologists in England have unearthed one of the largest Roman dodecahedrons ever found, but mystery surrounds what it was actually used for. ‘Great enigma’: Amateur archaeologists ...
The Latin word evocatio was the "calling forth" or "summoning away" of a city's tutelary deity.The ritual was conducted in a military setting either as a threat during a siege or as a result of surrender, and aimed at diverting the god's favor from the opposing city to the Roman side, customarily with a promise of a better-endowed cult or a more lavish temple. [4]
The experts weigh in on whether or not ghosts are real, hauntings, paranormal activity, poltergeists and what some believe happens after we die.