Mysterious Artifacts That Defy Explanation

hello everybody welcome back to another episode of side projects this time five mysterious artifacts that defy explanation although as you always know there is going to be an explanation it isn't ghosts it is an aliens despite what the history channel will tell you about the aliens that is i don't know if they have anything to do with ghosts but i certainly would have put it past them [Music] outer place artifacts or ooh parts is that really the acronym are mysterious objects from all over the world that were found in circumstances that seem to place them far outside natural and technological parameters generally accepted by contemporary scientists and historians they perpetually frustrate professionals and amateurs alike and heated debates frequently devolve into decades-long quarrels about their provenance and authenticity now without much further ado let's take a look at five mysterious artifacts that defy explanation late in 1929 when cataloging artifacts in istanbul's toppaki palace library german theologian and historian gustav deisman made an interesting discovery in a stack of mundane items after inspecting a unique parchment parchment-like gazelle skin map diceman was astonished to find that to his eye it clearly showed the outlines of south america and antarctica the latter of which wasn't officially discovered until 1820. thankfully he rescued the map from obscurity and it's now named after the 16th century turkish cartographer who purportedly made it a man named ahmed mohdin piri or piri reyes in addition to his map-making skills race was a high-ranking naval officer and though the map wasn't drawn from his personal travels he apparently used nearly two dozen source maps made centuries before by greeks arabs and an italian explorer of some repute who you might have heard of christopher columbus but if the mysterious map was made in the early 1500s how could it possibly include antarctica 300 years before its discovery unlike they are today the map shows the coasts of south america and antarctica joined near uruguay which i mean either the map is incorrect all those continents were joined a lot more recently than we thought it's more likely the map thing but strangely it shows antarctica not as an ice cap but as a land mass as it might have been more than six thousand years ago since its discovery the map has fueled heated controversy among historians cartographers and all around lovers of out-of-place artifacts in fact professional contention has hounded it at nearly every turn especially when in the mid-60s university of new hampshire professor charles habgood published a book in which he claimed to have found a number of additional anomalies first the map was created using the mercator projection a method of cartography that wasn't discovered by flemish map maker gorillas mercator until nearly a century after race's death and wasn't perfected until the invention of the chronometer in 1760. in addition habgod suggested that the map had been based on sources much older than originally thought perhaps dating back to 4000 bc which if true points to an ancient seafaring civilization like atlantis hab could also theorize that in about 9500 bc the planet underwent a cataclysmic axis shift that moved antarctica thousands of miles to the south after which it became ensconced in ice unfortunately there's little evidence to support this claim he also stated that the inland areas represented on the map were so accurate that those who created it must have been able to view it from above or put more simply been capable of flight not surprisingly the airborne atlantean theory was too much for most detractors to bear and also myself it just seems a tad ridiculous some claim that the map is an outright hoax while others suggest it may be authentic but that its land masses are open to a number of different interpretations many of which are less dramatic and more in line with contemporary history and geology either way the jury's still out on whether the map is legit and if it shows antarctica at all and it'll likely continue to provide fierce debate until enough proof services to either support or discredit the competing theories [Music] buried in an enigmatic pyramid near mount bygone in china's ching hai province three murky caves contained dozens of fossilized pipes leading to a nearby saltwater lake adding to the mystery the area is riddled with protruding rocks similar to crumpled pillars commonly found at other archaeological sites and it's not clear whether they the pipes and the pyramid are natural or man-made but even more interestingly the predominantly iron pipes that range in size from diameter of a pin to about 16 inches may be nearly 150 000 years old research carried out by the beijing institute of geology suggests that they were smelted from iron and if that's the case the discovery warrants a serious reevaluation of what we think we know about human history in 2002 using a technique called thermoluminescence which can determine when the pipes were last exposed to intense heat the findings smashed the theory that humans inhabited the region for just 30 000 years and even then those living in the area were thought to be nomadic and wholly incapable of extracting ore and smelting metal china's state-run news agency xinhua claims that the pipes are proof that chinese civilization was far more advanced than its contemporaries but other scientists remain convinced that the pipes aren't pipes at all but natural phenomenon most likely the fossilized roots of trees that have carbonized over millennia further tests have substantiated that assertion namely because in addition to iron they contain significant amounts of plant matter and appear to have tree rings sort of pushes me in favor of that one it's well known that under certain conditions organic matter like wood can undergo the process of diagenesis by which it transforms into solid rock like it has done in arizona's petrified forest national park however chemical analysis has turned up a number of other interesting findings like the fact that nearly 10 of the pipes material can't be identified and that some were significantly more radioactive than other geological formations in the area needless to say these anomalies just added fuel to the fire yet other theories claim that the pipes of fissures left over from ancient floods or were created by iron rich magma rising from deep within the earth's mantle eons ago that cooled into the distinct shapes that we see today ironically similar structures have also been found in florida and louisiana and scientists there concluded that they were the fossilized root remains of common pine trees although i'm sure if louisiana or florida had a state news organization they'd be claiming that they're magical pipes sadly scientists and scholars familiar with the bygone pipes can't agree on much of anything like in most cases about to place objects there seems to be lots of contradictory evidence supporting wide-ranging and mutually exclusive theories much to the joy of lovers of the mysterious and unexplained and perhaps you div you are watching this video the iod aluminium wedge also commonly referred to as the object of iod or the iod aluminum wedge in the united states it is regularly cited as one of the most controversial and misunderstood artifacts in the world today legend has it that the innocuous hunter metal was found by construction workers 35 feet that's about 11 meters underneath the banks of romania's mers river in either 1973 or 1974 and then it was mixed in amongst bones of ancient mastodons distant relatives of modern day elephants the wedge measured about eight inches 20 centimeters long five inches 30 centimeters wide and nearly 2.75 inches 7 centimeters tall and weighed about 5 pounds or 2.3 kilograms and was covered in a thick coating of oxide that scientists determined would have taken between 300 and 400 years to form unsure of what they'd found but convinced it was man-made based on its precise angular and symmetrical form the workers apparently sent the object to the clue nepocha archaeological institute for closer inspection test results revealed that it was made of a complex alloy composed mostly of aluminium and findings were confirmed by a number of other romanian labs and institutions that subsequently analyzed it the wedge's composition is 89 aluminium six percent copper three percent silicon two percent zinc and less than one percent each of cadium nickel and cobalt though the strata in which the wedge was found and its proximity to mastered on bone suggests it's approximately 11 000 years old significant problems arise due to the fact that aluminium wasn't first isolated until 1825 by hans christian orsted in denmark in addition the aluminium smelting process requires heat in excess of 1100 degrees fahrenheit that's 630 degrees celsius and mass production didn't begin until the mid-1880s fun side fact that i know from another video right now before aluminium was made in this kind of mass production way it was so rare that it was it was more valuable than gold you'd have you know the kings and stuff would have aluminium plates because they were they were just rarer hence a wide range of theories have been proposed and unsurprisingly they range from the relatively mundane to the outright fantastical some prone to otherworldly explanations suggest that the wedge is a landing gear route from an alien spacecraft is not and to substantiate their claim they point to its similarity to those found on american spacecraft from the mid and late 20th century i also think they don't know what substantiate means a more likely explanation is it's little more than a removable bucket tooth from a modern excavator really other independent metallurgical tests conducted in the 90s suggests that the wedge's composition does closely match modern dura aluminum an aluminium alloy that has been in use since the early 1900s in everything from airplane components to heavy equipment parts and under the conditions in which it was found it's likely it could have oxidized far faster than normal giving it its exceptionally aged look despite the contention that surrounds it it's generally accepted that the wedge is man-made but whether it's an authentic outer place artifact the remnants of alien visitation or just a missing excavator tooth is still unclear and since it was abruptly removed from public display in 1995 we'll probably never know but look guys it's it's just someone left a part of their excavator in there go looking for an excavator with a missing tooth [Music] on a balmy tropical afternoon in 1940 while clearing jungle overgrowth on a banana plantation in costa rica's diquis delta a united fruit company employees stumbled upon a number of massive stone spears protruding from the forest floor appearing as though they'd fallen from the heavens some of the partially obscured stone orbs were smaller than volleyballs while others had diameters of more than eight feet that's 2.4 meters and were later determined to weigh more than 15 tons though only a few dozen were immediately discovered all told nearly 300 spheres were found and they were all made from a variety of rock types including battle limestone and sandstone finding unique artifacts in the jungle wasn't exactly breaking news for local laborers and fruit company executives many of the stone spheres were whisked away ending up in the gardens and courtyards of government buildings and the home of wealthy foreigners and costa ricans others so large they couldn't be moved by heavy equipment were dynamited long before their archaeological significance became apparent scientists estimate that the stones were hewn around 600 a.d but their near perfectly round form suggests they were made with steel tools which according to current historians weren't first used until the 13th century unfortunately in this case radiocarbon dating won't solve the mystery because it's only capable of dating the rock not the era in which it was carved in addition much of the stone used in the sphere's construction came from cory's 50 miles that's 80 kilometers away raising the question as to whether large rectangular blocks were cut and moved to their current site or if they were formed into spheres and then rolled to where they were found either way the logistics and manpower required must have been absolutely staggering since their discovery more than 80 years ago the stone sphere's true purpose has been elusive but they were most likely made for ceremonial reasons that then no practical value much like the statues on easter island that we know of conspiracy theorists shout in the comments other theories claim they were navigation aids or symbols of wealth and status for the civilization's highest officials some evidence suggests that they were originally laid out in patterns with astronomical significance likely marking important celestial events like the solstices that could have played important roles in agriculture and tracking the passage of time but alas their builders left no written records or oral tales behind so it's unlikely there'll ever be a definitive explanation the spears do however highlight the advanced nature of pre-columbian societies and as such they're now listed as a unesco world heritage site who are we and where did we come from for those who've ever pondered such questions behold the star child skull though the bizarre skull story didn't gain international attention until the 20th century its history dates back approximately 900 years when the living being to which it was attached died in northwest mexico about a hundred miles 160 kilometers southwest of chihuahua the tiny elongated misshapen skull with hopelessly close set eye sockets thought to belong to a horribly deformed four or five-year-old was buried in a tunnel next to the remains of a normal adult female but though the child probably died of natural causes evidence suggests that the woman committed suicide both were purportedly found in 1930 by a teenage girl exploring a mine shaft and though it's not certain what happened to the skull in the intervening years in february of 1999 it ended up in the hands of american author and paranormal investigator lloyd pie who claimed to have gotten it from rey and melanie young of el paso texas early on pi became convinced that the skull wasn't just strange but that it was distinctly unhuman theorizing that it could be a human extraterrestrial hybrid because of course he did he's a paranormal investigator great starting point and he set out to substantiate or disprove this assertion once and for all i'm gonna i'm gonna guess that he leaned more heavily heavily on substantiation to this end he submitted the skull for extensive testing and some of the results confirmed his suspicions the skull was much lighter and more durable than typical human skulls and analysis of tooth wear suggested that belonged to an adult despite its small size and more interestingly the interior of the bone contained crimson fibers and residue that couldn't be identified which was later confirmed by scientists at the world-renowned stanford research institute in addition the interior volume of the star child skull is only 20 larger than that of an adult and it lacks frontal sinuses altogether though he's often labeled a conspiracy theorist and conehead by traditional scientists and skeptics pie who died in 2013 shrugged off the criticism pointing to the ridicule and persecution endured by galileo when he suggested that the earth wasn't at the center of the solar system except since then we've developed the scientific method likewise pi added that one day our distinctly human-centered view of the universe may definitely be proven to be false we only have a human-centric view of the universe because that's where we're viewing it from we're also well aware that we're not the center of the universe or that we are potentially the only conscious species no one thinks that on the other end of the spectrum a number of scientists from esteemed institutions like yale university and canada's bureau of legal dentistry have determined that the starchild skull is indeed that of a male human child who likely suffered from a condition called congenital hydrocephalus and that its mitochondrial dna is consistent with the offspring of human parents although in 2003 additional dna testing determined that the woman buried besides the boy couldn't have been his mother okay but that doesn't mean suddenly he's an alien like most mysterious artifacts the legend of the star child skull is rife with unproven theories contradictory evidence and abundant legend and law but that said it makes for a great campfire story and well i suppose science be damned so i really hope you found that video interesting if you did please do hit that thumbs 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Published: Tue Mar 30 2021