When on an archeology dig, many curious objects are found. If the archeologist doesn't understand what they found, mistakes can be made!
The Romans used an object called a dodecahedron:
Image from YouTube, I got as a text. They assigned a religious or star tracking use; since it was always found near mountains. Compared to Stonehenge, and set it aside for cataloging.
This is the rest of the story:
Although this did come by text, I found the YouTube video it came from. Not exactly a stellar observatory, and it was by the mountains because That is where they needed gloves!
Here is where it came from:
She makes a finger for a glove on here, in a very short time (on a 3-d printed copy) on this dodecahedron.
Occam's Razor applies to archeology too:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor
The simplest explanation remaining, when the strange is removed, is usually the right answer!