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Archaeology isn't exactly easy, so it's pretty impressive how often we can figure things out about people that aren't around anymore. But that's not always possible, and some mysteries leave archaeologists puzzled for centuries. From Roman dodecahedrons to a field full of buried heads, here are five of the weirdest mysteries in archaeology that we may never solve.







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