{"id":40,"date":"2007-11-09T16:29:11","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T16:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leirdal.net\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2015-11-04T09:31:01","modified_gmt":"2015-11-04T08:31:01","slug":"the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifacts-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/40-the-10-most-puzzling-ancient-artifacts-really.html","title":{"rendered":"The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts. Really??"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty sensational isn&#8217;t it? If you check out the article The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts or an alternative version <a href=\"http:\/\/paranormal.about.com\/library\/weekly\/aa011402a.htm\">here<\/a>, it seems a bit too god to be true. I am probably quite gullible, but not when it comes to articles like this. <\/p>\n<p>If you do a quick search on Wikipedia several of these gets debunked instantly.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Grooved Spheres or the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Klerksdorp_Spheres\">Klerksdorp spheres<\/a> are natural. <\/li>\n<li>The Dropa Stones seems to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dropa\">hoax<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Ica Stones seems to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/skepdic.com\/icastones.html\">hoax<\/a>. Here is another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkstar1.co.uk\/inca2.html\">site<\/a> that debunks this.<\/li>\n<li>The Antikythera Mechanism is <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Antikythera_mechanism\">real<\/a>, but not necessary something beyond the skills of a very skilled man of that era.<\/li>\n<li>The Baghdad Battery is probably not a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baghdad_battery\">battery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Coso artifact is obviously not 500.000 years old. That kind of stone can not be used for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coso_artifact\">dating<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ancient Model Aircraft seems to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchpenny.org\/model.html\">disputed<\/a>. But to make models of birds is something mankind has done for thousand of years so I am curious, and I am thinking, why not.<\/li>\n<li>Giant Stone Balls of Costa Rica. I would have called them <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stone_spheres_of_Costa_Rica\">spheres<\/a>, but hey&#8230; I think this site explains it better.<\/li>\n<li>Impossible Fossils seems to be <a href=\"http:\/\/paleo.cc\/paluxy.htm\">fakes<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Man_track_controversy\">misinterpreted<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Out of place metal objects. These seems to be fakes. At least neither I nor other sites can find a reliable source where they are mentioned. They are only mentioned on sites having this list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This list has been debunked several times before I <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.randi.org\/showthread.php?t=65373\">see<\/a>. Oh well. Now it has been done once more.<\/p>\n<p>Wonder why they forgot this little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchpenny.org\/abydos.html\">nugget<\/a>, the helicopter hieroglyph.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pretty sensational isn&#8217;t it? If you check out the article The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts or an alternative version here, it seems a bit too god to be true. I am probably quite gullible, but not when it comes to articles like this. If you do a quick search on Wikipedia several of these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5,4,10],"tags":[28,513,512,514],"class_list":{"0":"post-40","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-internet","7":"category-life","8":"category-science","9":"tag-amazing","10":"tag-internet","11":"tag-life","12":"tag-science","13":"czr-hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1xqPf-E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112,"url":"https:\/\/www.leirdal.net\/blog\/archives\/112-the-antikythera-mechanism-explained.html","url_meta":{"origin":40,"position":0},"title":"The Antikythera Mechanism explained","author":"leirdal","date":"2008-08-22","format":false,"excerpt":"While I was on vacation The New York Times had an article about the latest research on the Antikythera Mechanism. 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