The five platonic solids

[Swami]

Hundreds of carved stone spheres, roughly three inches in diameter, believed to date to around 2000 BC, have been found in Scotland. Some are carved with lines corresponding to the edges of regular polyhedra. Roughly half have 6 knobs---like the one at right above---but the others range from three to 160 knobs. The more mathematically regular ones do not appear to have had a special importance. For example, in addition to the 12-knob dodecahedral form shown in the center and just to its right above, there are also ones with 14 knobs, corresponding to a form with two opposite hexagons, each surrounded by six pentagons. Nonetheless, the dodecahedron appears here long before the Greeks wrote of it. The function of these stones is unknown and so it is unclear whether I should list them here under the category art, but many are intricately carved with spirals or cross-hatching on the faces. The material varies from easily carved sandstone and serpentine to difficult, hard granite and quartzite.


http://rabbithole2.com/presentation/images2/artifacts/neolithic.jpg

http://rabbithole2.com/presentation/ancient/ancient_artifacts_that_challenge_modern_archaeology.htm

[Project_Buggy_Beach]

Swami, those are neat, did they catch your interest because of their ship like shapes?

[Swami]

Swami, those are neat, did they catch your interest because of their ship like shapes?

Nope, because of their age......

[Tigger]

They look cool. What material are the carved lines made from?

[Swami]

They look cool. What material are the carved lines made from?

:noidea::noidea::noidea:

[Tigger]

Well they look cool anyway. How much are you selling them for? :lol:

[Martin]

I just found this article (http://www.neverendingbooks.org/index.php/the-scottish-solids-hoax.html). It gives a little more information but also questiones the above mentioned mathematical connection.

MfG

MU