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badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ODM-Mai-2025.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\">MAY 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A precious witness to the ancient wine trade<\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Nucleus&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ODM-juin-2025-site-scaled.png&#8221; badge_background_color=&#8221;#BA2320&#8243; badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ODM-juin-2025.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">JUNE 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A testament to the technical skills of the Late Neolithic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Schoolmaster&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-web-odm-juillet-2025-scaled.png&#8221; badge_background_color=&#8221;#BA2320&#8243; badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ODM-Juillet-2025.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">JULY 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">An enigmatic figure from the 2nd or 3rd century AD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Gold Ring&#8221; image=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ODM-Aout-2025.zip-3-scaled.png&#8221; badge_background_color=&#8221;#BA2320&#8243; badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ODM-Aout-2025.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">AUGUST 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">A gold ring engraved with a reference to a tale from the 2nd century AD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Lunula necklace&#8221; 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image=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ODM-Decembre-2025.jpg&#8221; badge_background_color=&#8221;#BA2320&#8243; badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ODM-Decembre-2025.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.5&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">DECEMBER 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">An animal very present 10,000 years ago<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Mammoth tooth&#8221; 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image=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Fig.-1.-Molaire-de-mammouth-du-Trou-du-Poilu-a-Petigny-scaled.jpg&#8221; badge_background_color=&#8221;#BA2320&#8243; badge_padding=&#8221;7px|15px|7px|15px|false|false&#8221; alt=&#8221;Epona de Maaseik&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Discover&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/museedumalgretout.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ODM-mars-2026-version-web.pdf&#8221; button_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.6&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; badge_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; badge_font_size=&#8221;10px&#8221; badge_letter_spacing=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_width_all_badge=&#8221;0px&#8221; border_color_all_badge=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; parent_button=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_header_level=&#8221;h3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">MARCH 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Discovered in a cave known as \u2018Trou du Poilu\u2019!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/dsm_card_carousel_child][dsm_card_carousel_child title=&#8221;Bone dice&#8221; 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Discover below the object of the month for April and May 2026:The bone dice from Late Roman Tomb 3 at Tienne del Baticulle in Nismes (Viroinval)These three cubic bone dice were unearthed in 2014 in Tomb 3 at the Tienne del Baticulle site in Nismes, in the province of Namur, during excavations carried out by CEDARC\/Mus\u00e9e du Malgr\u00e9-Tout, under the direction of Laureline and Pierre Cattelain. This grave contained the remains of a man aged between 30 and 40. The dice, known as \u2018alea\u2019 in Latin, is a game that has been played since ancient times. Indeed, it was already widely used in games of chance during the Roman period. For some philosophers, notably Plato, dice and board games were part of the process of learning good citizenship and should be encouraged from childhood. 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