12 Strangest Archaeological Finds That Scare Scientists

what's the easiest way to scare an archaeologist probably to creep up behind them and Shout boo failing that the best way to do it is to show them something they don't understand something that defies their understanding of history and flies in the face of all their accumulated knowledge in fact you could just show them this video in the Swansea Museum in Wales visitors will find an intriguing wooden carving known as the Swansea devil this mischievous figure has a fascinating history dating back to the turn of the 20th century it all started when Saint Mary's Church in Swansea underwent Renovations in the 1890s an architect who is rejected for the job sought Revenge by purchasing neighboring Cottages demolishing them and constructing offices topped with the carving of old Nick the Swansea devil Legend has it that the architect cursed the church proclaiming it would be destroyed and burned to the ground while his devil statue watched and laughed the prophecy seemed to come true during World War II when the German Blitz raised most of Swansea including Saint Mary's however the building with old Nick remained intact defying the destruction after years of obscurity the Swansea devil was rediscovered in the 1980s in a garage in gloucestershire it was then returned to Swansea where a public campaign emerged to have the devil statue Overlook Saint Mary's Church again despite some opposition the Swansea devil found a new home in the quadrant shopping plaza and later at the Swansea Museum [Music] a long-standing mystery surrounding 163 remarkably preserved child mummies dating back 200 years May finally be solved inside the child Chapel in Northern Sicily's Capuchin catacombs of Palermo the bodies of children who perish between 1787 and 1880 rest their identities and causes of death unknown however a british-led team of experts is embarking on a two-year study in the hope of unraveling the secrets held by these poignant remains the catacombs house over a thousand adult mummies and skeletons with the children's bodies attracting particular intrigue Dr Dario piiambino mascali involved in the project describes the superb preservation of some of the children likening them to tiny little dolls while many appear peacefully asleep others even have artificial eyes creating an unsettling lifelike effect the team plans to use portable x-ray equipment to capture hundreds of images and shed light on how these children met their untimely Fates Dr Squires another researcher on the project explains the significance of studying these child mummies is their selection for mummification was typically reserved for adults study aims to uncover the reasons behind this unusual funerary practice shedding light on the lives health and societal status of these young individuals During the period [Music] back in 1995 a thief stole two Roman era ballista balls from a museum in Israel in 2015 the balls were returned along with a note from the thief apologizing for the crime and explaining that the balls had brought them nothing but trouble the anonymous robber even included a note of warning for other would-be thieves going on to say please do not steal Antiquities the artifacts which are 2 000 year old stone projectiles were taken from a museum in Garland Heights and later returned to the Museum of Islamic and near Eastern cultures in Beersheba their weapons of a kind that were used by Romans to fire at enemy soldiers guarding City walls thus clearing people away from sections of the walls that they would then attack with a battering ram to break in several thousand beliefs to stones have been discovered in the gambling Nature Reserve so the artifacts are neither rare nor particularly valuable but that still doesn't make it okay to steal them unfortunately the thief didn't go into any detail about the nature of the bad luck they experienced after the theft but it's probably fair to say that they brought it on themselves [Music] in the Czech region of Moravia there exists a unique collection of mummies that have long fascinated anthropologists from mazarik University in Burno although not as ancient as the Egyptian mummies these well-preserved bodies offer valuable scientific insights the Capuchin Crypt and berno houses the remains of Friars from the 17th and 18th centuries laid directly on the ground without coffins this practice reflects the Capuchin order's philosophy of Simplicity and attachment from worldly possessions the Crips elaborate system of air ducts and favorable soil composition have contributed to the remarkable mummification of the bodies attracting consistent scientific interest the department of anthropology at massarick University is actively involved in studying these mummies assistant professor Peter urbanova and her team are exploring the phenomenon of mummification and using modern technology such as 3D imaging and CT scans to bring the mummies to Virtual life one notable individual buried there is Baron Franz vondertrank who sought Redemption with the help of the Capuchin Friars after a life of atrocities by reconstructing Barron Trump's mummy in virtual reality visitors will have an interactive experience that breathes new life into this intriguing historical figure next up we have the lydian horde also known as the Karen treasure the 363 item horde was assembled around 2700 years ago and was found in the usoc province in Western turkey the entire collection once belonged to the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art in the USA but the institution was forced to return the artifacts to Turkey in 1993 after a court found that the museum should have known the goods were stolen when it purchased them the history of The Horde is a little shady it was found in 1966 when three treasure Hunters illegally used Dynamite to break open a tomb in Guri Village they looted everything inside the tomb and sold all the artifacts through the black market making more than one million dollars in the process the residents of the village say that opening the tomb Unleashed a curse and that all three of the treasure Hunters passed away in mysterious circumstances not long after we can't find any evidence to support that claim whatever its true history might be the controversial horde is now on display back in turkey at the usoc Museum of archeology please in the early 1970s a group of researchers opened the tomb of King kazimir's jaggy Ellen chick also known as Casimir IV jagielan in Poland similar to the alleged curse associated with the tomb of King Tut in Egypt tragedy struck as four out of the 12 archaeologists passed away shortly after the tomb was opened the media immediately compared the incidents to the supposed curse in Egypt although the exact cause of their deaths remained unclear at the time Cardinal Carol watilla later Pope John Paul II supported the researchers and is said to have made the decision to open the tomb the remains of Kashmir IV a significant figure in Polish history were later scientifically examined 500 years after his burial during the examination it was discovered that the cause of the fatalities among the archaeologists was a toxic fungus called aspergillus flavas which had infected the tomb since Medieval Times these findings shed light on the risks associated with exploring ancient tombs the remains of Casimir IV were reburied but the story of the curse and the notion of disturbing the dead still persist dubbed the world's most haunted object the dibex box is said to be cursed and connected to Paranormal occurrences its Eerie story involves a holocaust Survivor inadvertently summoning an evil entity while trying to communicate with the dead to combat the Nazis the Box originally intended for the storage of wine bottles is believed to Harbor a malevolent Spirit known as a diebook those who have owned or even touched the Box report experiencing Shadows strange smells and an overwhelming dark energy after A Series of Unfortunate Events following its previous owner the box was sold to museum curator Jason Haxton who also encountered inexplicable phenomenon which he then associated with it experts examined the box to no avail leading Jason to take Extreme Measures such as placing it in a gold-lined box in a military-grade container acquired by ghost adventure star Zak Baggins in 2017 the box is now displayed in his haunted Museum in Las Vegas notably rapper post Malone had a disturbing encounter with the Box in 2018 and attributed subsequent misfortunes in his life to its influence including a fire in his home a car crash and a near-miss incident with a plane [Music] probably says a lot about the human race that some of our most imaginative and Innovative Creations have been either weapons or torture devices we can't think of many more ingenious than the Brazen Bowl but nor can we think of many more brutal anyone trapped inside this device was doomed to be roasted alive the Brazen Bowl was invented by a sculptor named Perales for a tyrannical ruler called fallaris who ruled acrogas just over 2500 years ago the bowl was made from brass connected to pipes and whistles Hollow on the inside and positioned over burning coals inside it a human being would literally be cooked to death the addition of the pipes and whistles was supposed to convert the screams of the unfortunate victim into approximations of the sound made by a bull an addition that perilous hoped would amuse followers Legend has it that he was wrong and that perilous was the first victim of his own creation because falarus wanted to see it in action immediately and nobody else was there to be thrown into it mummy Juanita also known as the lady of Amparo or the ice Maiden is a remarkably well preserved Frozen mummy discovered atop Mount Amparo in the Peruvian Andes in 1995. she's believed to have been a young Inca girl who lived around 500 years ago during the Inca Empire and is likely to have been a victim of human sacrifice the mummy's exceptional preservation is attributed to the freezing temperatures and dry conditions at the High Altitude where she was found Juanita's body clothing and personal belongings are almost perfectly intact offering valuable insights into Inca culture rituals and the practice of child sacrifice the discovery of mummy Juanita was significant in advancing our knowledge of Inca civilization as it provided a rare opportunity to study an ancient human sacrifice in detail it also sheds light on the Inca belief system and the reverence they held for mountains which were considered sacred Juanita's mummy is now displayed in the museum of Andean sanctuaries in arequipa Peru where visitors can witness this extraordinary archaeological find and learn about the religious practices of the Inca people this mask looks like this sort of thing you'd expect to see in a horror film it's a gruesome disgusting artifact the skin is made of leather the hair and the beard are made from real hair and at one point it's even thought to have had false teeth attached to it the mask was found in a cottage close to come knock Scotland in 1840 but it's far older than that Alexander pedden also known as the prophet of the Covenant wore this face covering to conceal his real identity during the 1660s prior to its 1840 Discovery it's believed to have remained in the pedden family for Generations pedden had The Misfortune to be a minister during the restoration of King Charles II a time of great religious persecution if you happen to be of the wrong Faith from the government's point of view he was Scotland's Most Wanted Man but managed to keep preaching to his faithful flock for years by using this mask he even wore it when traveling to Ireland to continue preaching his message there amazingly it worked the government never caught him and peden eventually passed away because of old age and poor health the Ben Ben stone is a fascinating object with symbolic significance in ancient Egyptian mythology inform and function it's a conical shaped stone that some Fringe theorists believe may have extraterrestrial Origins the stone is associated with the Phoenix and represents rebirth and the cycle of seasons the first physical example of a Ben Ben Stone was found in the temple of the Phoenix within the great Sun temple of heliopolis the Egyptian saw it as the seed of the legendary bird as the word Ben meant Fertilization in their language according to Legend the Ben Ben Stone was the mound that emerged from the primordial Waters of new where the Creator God Adam shaped the world stone is also referred to as a pyramidian and served as the model for the shape of pyramids it was believed to possess mystical powers and had the ability to Enlighten and bestow mystical power on those in its presence that might explain why there was once a Ben Ben Stone atop all of the Great Pyramids of Giza the Stone's significance in Egyptian mythology and its mythical Powers have captured the interest of powerful individuals throughout history pet in your home today it's probably a dog a cat or something smaller like a hamster or a rabbit two thousand years ago tastes were a little more exotic when it came to pets monkeys were especially popular and were buried with great ceremony when they passed away as we can see at this pet cemetery in baroness Libya this was once an important Outpost of the Roman Empire but was also once a part of Egypt the monkey skeletons found in these shallow Graves belonged to rhesus monkeys even back then though there were people keeping cats and dogs their remains are also buried at the site as is one falcon one of the archaeologists responsible for the discovery was amazed by the tenderness with which the pets had been laid to rest comparing them to sleeping babies this is the first time that monkey skeletons have ever been found in a deliberate burial ground in Africa it's likely that the monkeys were imported from India they'd have been expensive to acquire and so might have been status symbols for the people who owned them [Music] subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications and you'll be the first to know when a new video comes out thank you for watching thank you [Music]

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Published: Tue Jul 18 2023