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Magnet Fisherman Finds 60 Mysterious Cubes with Inscriptions in Coventry River
- peter_d_sherman 7y ago>"'Magic' squares The comment reads, "Based on another comment these are Indian numerals: 15 8 13 10 12 14 11 16 9 All rows, columns, and diagonals add up to 36, this makes it a magic square! But more specifically, they are called Navagraha Yantras. There are traditionally 9 of them (one for each "planet"), each having a distinct combination of 9 numbers. Together they can be combined to form their own "Magic square." "The words on the bottom are some form of either: om raam rahave namah om raag rahave namah or simply, om rahave namah. These are called Beej (seed) mantras." Apparently, "the placement of Lead (raanga) in running water is particularly important in this practice as a remedy for specific things and astrological circumstances." Latin Squares, Magic, and Euler Moreover, as another Redditor points out, they are interesting in the mathematical-front too. "Magic squares (and a similar concept, known as Latin squares) can function as numeric representations of resource distribution and scheduling problems, where you need to ensure that every entity is treated equally." Mathematic-enthusiasts can check out this thread which touches upon everything from magic cubes to famous conjectures of Euler's work on Latin squares.": https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/ggt98q/these_lead_blocks_were_found_in_a_uk_river_125g/ https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/ggt98q/the... Related: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32472614/mysterious-sacred-math-cubes/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a32472614/mysteriou...
- ksaj 6y agoI wonder if a coin collector could give an idea of when those magic number cubes came about. While they aren't necessarily of the same date, the coin might help determine why the cubes are there in the first place.