#6 The Genetic Disc!
Life is cyclic. Putting this into artifactual context is the Genetic Disc!
Made of an extremely strong material, that no one can fathom, this structure depicts the conception and development of an embryo in detail. However, the makers seem to have got the human head wrong!
#5 Golden Figurines!
Golden Figurines found in South America, speculated to be from the Incan Empire had sparked off a rumor that they were probably one of the earliest ideas of airplanes!
In 1996, the German model aircraft constructors Algund Eeboom and Peter Belting confirmed that they were indeed designs for flying machines, after they were reconstructed and tested!
#4 The Voynich Manuscript!
Probably the most weirdest manuscripts ever unearthed, The Voynich Manuscript is full of undecipherable texts and symbols!
Bearing no similarity to the scripts of today, the artifact has had many cryptographers ponder over it for long. The strange illustrations are of no help either!
Keeping Reading To Know About More Such Strange Artifacts!
#3 Giant Stones!
The perfectly rounded and polished, Giant Stones of Costa Rica have bewildered people all around the world for decades now!
Discovered in 1930's by plantation cleaners, no one knows where they came from, or when they were formed. While some local legends speculate they contain gold within, some say they demarcated tribal lands!
#2 The Baghdad Battery!
Did you know? The Ancient Mesopotamian's could produce electricity upto 1 Volt!
The Baghdad Battery, a 13-centimeter jar, with a corroded iron rod protruding from the mouth, was unearthed a little away from Baghdad. A copper cylinder was found inside the vessel contained another iron rod, the friction of which would have produced this electricity! But the question remains, if this was indeed used for the same purpose, why haven't there been other such discoveries?
#1 The Antikythera Mechanism!
We all knew our ancestors were smart. But this smart, who knew!
The Antikythera mechanism speculated to be the world's most ancient computer will blow your mind with its complex working model. Historians however believe that it was primarily used to deduce solar-lunar positions and was the foundation for computing technologies in the centuries to follow. However, contradictions persist!
