# \[Roman\] Dodecahedrons

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Here is a color photo of the “gold polyhedral beads” with the Burmese one on top and the Vietnamese one below, along with a link to the article the images came from.

[![](https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/docannexe/image/2072/img-3-small480.jpg) ](https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/docannexe/image/2072/img-3-small480.jpg)

> **[Gold in early Southeast Asia](https://journals.openedition.org/archeosciences/2072)**
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> 1. Distribution of Gold Ores in Southeast Asia The words ‘gold’ and ‘golden’ are often associated with place names throughout the Southeast Asian region – Ptolemy’s Geography refers to the ‘Golden ...

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