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Polyhedra
A polyhedron is a three-dimensional solid that consists of a collection of polygons joined at their edges. The word derives from the Greek "poly-" ("many") plus the Indo-European "-hedron" ("seat"). Polyhedra form in the natural world in some crystals and have been of interest to many civilizations in art, architecture and games of chance.
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around 2500–2300 BCE
Burnt City Dice
Ancient elongated dice from Shahr-e Sukhteh
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around 250–150 BCE
Pottery Sherd Icosahedron Construction
Icosahedron construction on ancient pottery fragments
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around 1–100 CE
Icosahedral Die with Divine Entities
Rolling divinities on an icosahedral die
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around 200 BCE–400 CE
Serpentinite Icosahedral Die
Ancient Egyptian 20-sided die
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1509
Da Vinci's Polyhedra
Divinely illustrated polyhedra
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1596
Kepler's Planetary System
Nested regular solids model the solar system
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