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Repost from Tafelrunde
The d20 was almost assuredly never used to roll for initiative. Simply put, this is not part of a dnd dice set. It can only be speculated for what the d20 was used. It very well could have been used for some sort of game that has been lost to history. Alternatively, it could have been used for divination rituals, for which dice were often used in the ancient world.
Serpentine rock, of which this d20 was made, has long been used for crafted objects and as architectural stone. Harder than marble, yet softer than granite, serpentine was very popular in the United States as late as the early 20th century. The reason you don’t see it often today is because of concerns for worker safety as serpentine is known to contain asbestos.
@DavidsWelt
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The Ptolmemaic d20 would have been shaped before Caesar Augustus annexed Egypt into the Roman Empire.
@DavidsWelt
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Sometime between 304 and 30 BC, a craftsman in Ptolemaic Egypt shaped what is now accepted to be the world’s oldest 20-sided die. The die is carved from serpentine rock and engraved in Greek letters. Also, it d20 looks remarkably well to be over 2,000 years old.
The die is currently held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. It has resided there without much fanfare since 1910 after being acquired by Reverend Chauncey Murch. The Reverend acquired the d20 during his missionary work in Egypt between 1883 and 1906.
Here are some other fascinating facts about the world’s oldest d20:
The d20 is covered in Greek letters, not Egyptian hieroglyphs. When the d20 was shaped, Egypt was under the control of the Greek Ptolemies, whose dynasty began with the founding of the Ptolemaic Kingdom in 304 BC by the Macedonian general Ptolemy I Soter, upon the death of Alexander the Great.
We know that the d20 dates somewhere between 304 and 30 BC because the Ptolemies dynasty came to a cataclysmic end when Cleopatra died during the Roman leader Octavian’s conquest of Egypt in 30 BC. An event also that also heralded the end of the Roman Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire.
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Repost from Xoaquin Flores - New Resistance
🚨 HUGE- "Suspected" child sex trafficker killed by Russian special forces sniper in Kiev.
Clinton network in Ukraine being taken down. Chechen division special forces of Russian military takes out key player in anti cabal special operation in Ukraine.
See comments for additional graphic insert.
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Repost from The Paranormies Present
Demons are real, and they live inside your phone.
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Repost from DismantlingTheCabal
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Meet the co-founder of the Ukrainian natsees 😅 Now it makes perfect sense !!!
https://mobile.twitter.com/ravreba/status/811975557034418177
https://mobile.twitter.com/DIET_RIOT_07/status/1501010871102885892
https://t.me/whatchadoinjews
Repost from Azazel News
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green 🟩🌲
Thomas Carlyle 🧙♂️
Book: Handbook of 5th generation warfare. Potentially interesting/useful. Could give insights into why decentralized structures may be an effective counter-attack to present tyrannical structures.
Repost from The Paranormies Present
Is it really so difficult to understand their symbolism? Really? Truth in plain sight everywhere you look.
Ishtar, androgynous goddess of love and war, and the war is ON YOU.
Baphomason Buster
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@AltSkull48
Ham is acting like the blessed son when he is not.
