9 historical artifacts that make even eyes widen with amazement among scientists
Humanity has always sought to preserve its history in order to tell its descendants. Therefore, any find of antiquity excites not only scientists, but also ordinary people. In addition, there are many archaeological discoveries in the world that make us believe that the history of life on our planet may be completely different from what we imagine. Take a look at these curious artifacts, each of them is so unusual that the question "What is it?" arises on its own!
The Viking Sun Stone, a mention of which can be found in Icelandic legends, turned out to be quite real. This is a natural crystal that has the ability to polarize light and thereby helps the Vikings navigate their sea voyages.
The skull of fate, allegedly discovered in the jungle of Guatemala at the end of the 19th century, was very puzzling to scientists. But exactly until it became clear that the artifact is fake. Merchants of antiquities made it from quartz using modern techniques.
Ica stones were named in honor of the eponymous Peruvian city, next to which they were found. Prehistoric animals and ancient maps of the world are engraved on black stones. However, many scientists consider most of them to be fakes, since people of the past simply could not have such knowledge.
A baby bottle was discovered by Italian archaeologists in an ancient burial ground. It is believed that the find in the form of a piglet is about 2.4 thousand years old and it was also used as a rattle.
The ritual figurines of Ubaid, about 7 thousand years old, belong to extinct people. They were discovered in Iraq and immediately surprised scientists with their unusual appearance - the people depicted on them had lizard heads.
The Devil’s Bible (Giant Code) was created by one person, but his identity was never found out. It is only known that the author lived in the 13th century on the territory of modern Czech Republic and it took him 30 years to write such a grandiose work. The book weighs 75 kilograms, reaches 40 centimeters in width and a meter in length. This is currently the largest manuscript book in history. By the way, let her name not scare you, in fact there is nothing demonic in it - the entire Bible is written on its pages, as well as the writings of the monks of those times.
Kipu is an amazing system of counting and coding, invented by the Incas several thousand years before the beginning of our era. This is the oldest and most complex writing system.
When in the 16th century, workers accidentally discovered a whole city of the dead near Rome, representing the burial places of the first Christians, the church declared skeletons the remains of saints. They were transported to the parishes of different countries and as a reverence they began to put on sparkling armor and adorned with fabric with precious stones and embroidery.
Baigun pipes were discovered on Baigunshan Mountain in China in 1996. The age of the find was estimated at 5 thousand years, and since it was made of metal, it seriously puzzled scientists - because at that time there was no iron on the territory of this country. It turned out that iron pipes are not human creation at all, but a petrified forest.
