12 Most Mysterious And Amazing Ancient Artifacts

[Music] almost every artifact that an archaeologist or expert pulls out of the ground is worth looking at but not all of them could be called amazing that description is reserved only for those artifacts that make everyone pause for a moment to consider the wonder of what they're looking at we're talking once in a lifetime discoveries of the kind that every archaeologist dreams of making but only some get the chance we've packed some of the best examples of what we're talking about together for you in this video dolls for children can come with any number of abilities these days you can buy dolls that cry drink milk or even need their nappies changing okiku also known as the haunted doll of hokaido is a little bit like that only her abilities aren't a recent technological achievement she's over 100 years old and she's allegedly still growing human hair despite being an inanimate object legend has it that the doll which is now stored safely in menenji temple on japan's hokkaido island was bought in 1918 by a boy named ekichi suzuki for his three-year-old sister kikako unfortunately kikako became sick and passed away and her spirit passed on to okiku from that point on the doll's hair which used to be chin length is said to have grown down past its knees and only remains at its current length today because the monks who tend to it trim it regularly it's easy to write this off as nothing but a cheap trick or a superstition but if that were the case why would the monks at the temple have agreed to protect and treasure it for all these years [Music] if the so-called cap dwa is what it appears to be it could confirm what many people believe about the reality of giants living on earth centuries ago the bible contains references to giants as do the ancient texts of almost every culture on the planet so where would all these tales have come from if people didn't have real giants to base them off the gigantic cadaver of cap dwar isn't only notable for being more than 10 feet tall which alone would verify the tales of giants but also for having two heads that's a step too far for some scientists and researchers who insist that it must be a forgery and might even be made from several different sets of human remains stitched together the fact that cab door comes from patagonia adds another wrinkle to the tail for many years travelers avoided patagonia because they believe that giants populated it the stories say it was spanish travelers who eventually captured and killed captain even though doing so in 1673 before taking his remains to the united kingdom and then the united states of america as a freak show exhibit is the body a fraud well it's right there on display if anybody wants to come and check it out for themselves a well-made booby trap will remain dangerous no matter how many years go by that's why experts and archaeologists are still a little wary of exploring the tomb of xinhuang in china he's the first emperor in chinese history and he passed away more than 2 000 years ago but we still haven't found the central chamber of his tomb even though the monument itself complete with its legendary terracotta army was discovered in 1974. while nobody set foot in the central chamber since that time we have a rough idea of where it is thanks to 3d scanning the scans suggest an enormous palace far below the ground protected from moisture by a drainage system digging down to that level and exploring it is possible but ancient chinese legends say that there's a river of mercury around the palace coupled with crossbows that will fire charges when doors are open and covered pits where intruders might fall to their death there might be some truth to the rumors the mercury levels in the ground the terracotta soldiers were found in was 280 times higher than normal we don't blame the experts for being reluctant to go any further [Music] anytime an astrolabe is discovered it's always a good time to sit back and marvel at how advanced some of our ancient ancestors truly were to some scientists these inclinometers are the first computers ever made by human hands using these devices people living centuries ago could solve complex astronomical problems track the movements of the stars and planets pinpoint their own location and measure altitude they originated in ancient greece over two thousand years ago possibly created by hipparchus but spread across the world and remained in use throughout the islamic golden age the age of discovery and the middle ages in europe smaller versions known as mariners astrolabes appeared on sailing ships to aid with navigation even later on an astrolabe with mechanical gears was invented by abi bakar in isfahan in 1235. it wasn't until the 1600s that the use of astrolabes began to wane and now 400 years later they're little more than beautiful historical curiosities even with that taken into account any watchmaker or craft worker would struggle to build a mechanical astrolabe from scratch today such is the level of the device's sophistication looking at the great torque of snetasham in the british museum you'd assume that the wonderful golden piece was once the property of a british king or queen if pressed to take a guess at its age you probably wouldn't go much beyond three or four hundred years after all it's in remarkably good condition and its intricate design clearly indicates skilled craftsmanship you'd be a long way off with that guest though because this incredible golden torque was made a little over 2 000 years ago it's the most beautiful and well-preserved iron age torque ever found in the united kingdom and comes from the infamous sneddisham horde which was unearthed in 1950. dating the object was made easier because of a coin that was found with it which indicated it was minted in the year 75 bce it's known that the aseni tribe lived in this part of england during that era so it's possible that this once belonged to a leader of theirs it's not of roman design and it's hard to imagine who else would have had the status or resources to demand a solid gold torque the ancient romans may not have designed that beautiful torque but we probably have them to thank for the fact that the coligny calendar is broken into so many pieces [Music] discovered in the ain region of france in 1897 the 73 bronze pieces that made up the calendar were once part of a singular object which would have been five feet wide and almost four feet tall we don't have all the pieces but it's clear from what we do have that this was a luna solar calendar tracking the moon's phases and the time of the year based on the sun it was probably made during the second century and destroyed by the romans not long after it was made because they believed it flouted their outright ban on anything that might be perceived as druidic practices apparently following the path of the moon was druidic as far as the romans were concerned these days what's left of it is mounted on a wall display in lyon at the gallo roman museum were it not for the roman imposition of the julian calendar on the western world we might still be using this method to keep track of time today [Music] archaeologists are sometimes guilty of labeling everything they don't understand is either a funeral ritual or a vessel for storing food we're glad that they didn't go down that route with this stunning minoan bowl handcrafted in the shape of a duck approximately 3 600 years ago this elegant and beautiful bowl must have been a labor of love for whoever created it it was discovered at missine but appears to have started its life as a product of the minoan civilization living in crete thousands of years ago it's such an eye-catching object that we'd actually be inclined to believe an expert if they told us that it had religious significance perhaps it was used to store holy water or was somewhere for a priest to wash their hands after conducting an important ceremony actually it was nothing of the sort based on analysis of the remains of substances at the bottom of the bowl it seems that this was a vessel for creams and ointments that were used for cosmetic purposes human fashion trends may have changed a lot over the centuries but it seems we've always had a degree of vanity history books say that british colonial administrator sir thomas raffles founded singapore but as is the case with most history books that is inaccurate human life existed on singapore long before the british got there and took over and the singapore stone serves as proof of that fact this four foot tall rock bears inscriptions that might shed light on the ancient history of the land we now know as singapore if we had the rest of it we might know even more experts believe that this is a mere fragment of a much larger slab that once stood at the mouth of the singapore river but was destroyed by engineering work in 1843 as the british administration attempted to widen the river mouth you might have noticed that we use the word might when we mention the stone's historical significance that's because we don't actually know what the text says we've been able to conclude that it was carved somewhere between the 10th and 14th centuries but the language has defied any attempt to translate it there just isn't enough of it left to work with [Music] nobody can prove the provenance of these sort of joeys so it's down to the individual to decide whether they want to believe the legend according to some records this sword which is held in the louvre today was once the personal possession of charlemagne the great the celebrated king of the franks that would make it more than 1200 years old and possibly the most important sword in french history charlemagne was a figure so powerful that he was believed to have magical abilities and so was his sword not only was it said that the sword could reflect the sunlight so brightly that any enemy who looked upon it would be blinded but it also made its bear invulnerable to poison the town of joyce in the adecchi region is named after the sword on account of the fact that it was allegedly lost and found there after a battle the sword disappears from the highly debatable historical records after charlemagne's death but it turns up again in 1270 when a sword claimed to be joyce was used in the coronation of philip the bold as king of france the sword in the louvre today is definitely the same sword that was used in 1270 but the claim that it's also the same sword charlemagne used 500 years earlier cannot be proven or disproven [Music] the 26th dynasty of egypt was a difficult one for the country and its rulers this was a time when the pharaohs came not from egypt itself but from the neighboring nubian kingdom of kush the kushites had taken egypt by force but were struggling to gain acceptance as beloved rulers from the country's people to try to win their hearts and minds the cushite pharaohs attempted to connect themselves to egypt's great past reviving great works of art and architecture and creating the shabaka stone named for the pharaoh chabaka who ruled for 14 years between 716 bce and 702 bce and ordered that the stone be created allegedly it was his way of committing an ancient text to stone after discovering it written on parchment and being eaten by worms in the temple of pata if he was telling the truth he did historians of the future a great favor the stone contains a written record of the memphi theogony which is an ancient egyptian creation myth there are also some passing references to chebaka himself but we ought to forgive the pharaoh for having an ego [Music] in 2005 there was a torrential rainstorm over the argentinian region of the andes when it finally came to an end enough mud and earth had been moved by the storm to reveal this mark which is now thought to be the oldest human-made artifact ever found on the south american continent it's around 3000 years old and although some people object to it being referred to as a mask it's hard to work out what else it could possibly be it has holes for the eyes nose and mouth and even perforated holes around the sides which were presumably used to tie the mask to the wearer's face the mask wasn't alone when it was found the remains of 14 ancient south americans were found along with it one of the skeletons had green markings on its skull strongly implying that it had been buried wearing the mask and may still have been wearing the mask until the raging storm disturbed its resting place [Music] south american metal working was always thought to have begun in peru based on discoveries made in the past but now it appears that argentina might be able to make a better claim to the practice there are two names by which you might refer to this next artifact it would be accurate to call it aeliopile but it would be just as reasonable to call it the heron engine in account of the fact that it was refined if not designed by a hero of alexandria during the first century harrow gets most of the credit but he was actually finishing research started by kisobius many years earlier believe it or not his creation is a fully functional steam engine made almost 2000 years ago the spherical device spins on its axis with steam emitting from nozzles on either end thus generating thrust it's thought he initially made the engine turn by boiling water beneath it but eventually progressed to putting the water inside harrow was amused with his invention but never came up with the use for it so it wasn't until taki al-din came up with a similar idea in the 16th century that the steam engine we recognize today began to take shape tekuwalden is therefore sometimes credited with the invention of the steam engine but strictly speaking that's inaccurate you can either ascribe it to hero or kasobius but it was definitely one of [Music] them [Music]

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Published: Tue Aug 25 2020