Random ancient artifacts
Nov. 18th, 2010 08:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lightcastleI hit one of those lists of "unexplained ancient artifacts" and was pleasantly surprised how many I didn't know about.
1) The Grooved Spheres (aka the Klerksdorp spheres). These don't seem that interesting once you read the Wikipedia page.
2) The Dropa Stones, which were admitted as hoaxes years ago.
3) The Ica Stones, which I am sad to have not heard of earlier because DINOSAURS!
4) The Antikythera Mechanism which remains all kinds of awesome and delights me no end.
5) The Baghdad Battery. I didn't know Mythbusters had tackled these, and I'm glad to see they remain plausible.
6) The Coso Artifact, which is almost certainly just a sparkplug that got stuck in the earth. I love the idea of a time-traveler dropping it and am amazed it hasn't made its way into more popular literature. I would think I would have seen this in an episode of Doctor Who by now.
1) The Grooved Spheres (aka the Klerksdorp spheres). These don't seem that interesting once you read the Wikipedia page.
2) The Dropa Stones, which were admitted as hoaxes years ago.
3) The Ica Stones, which I am sad to have not heard of earlier because DINOSAURS!
4) The Antikythera Mechanism which remains all kinds of awesome and delights me no end.
5) The Baghdad Battery. I didn't know Mythbusters had tackled these, and I'm glad to see they remain plausible.
6) The Coso Artifact, which is almost certainly just a sparkplug that got stuck in the earth. I love the idea of a time-traveler dropping it and am amazed it hasn't made its way into more popular literature. I would think I would have seen this in an episode of Doctor Who by now.
