Top 9 MYSTERIOUS Ancient Artifacts That Were WAY AHEAD Of Their Time!

From 2,000 year-old-toilets to a steampunk artificial limb, here are 9 ancient artifacts that were ahead of their time! Follow us on instagram! https://www.instagram.com/katrinaexplained/ Subscribe For New Videos! http://goo.gl/UIzLeB Check out these videos you might like: Unbelievable Animals SAVING Other Animals! 🐯https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxehUWvMr38 LARGEST Animals Ever Discovered! 🐙https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Yj7F_tPYsU Wild Animals That SAVED Human Lives! 🐻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllqeVSsIl0 9. Stone Age Blade In 2016, a nearly 1000-year-old copper-ended blade was found in a remote patch of ice in the Yukon. Archaeologist Greg Hare was traveling with a documentary film crew in a helicopter over patches of ice when they spotted a herd of caribou. When the film crew got out of their helicopter, they spotted an antler arrow point half-buried in the ice. 8. Indus Valley Civilization The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro have been excavated and studied for over 100 years. These places were once home to an advanced civilization dating back to 3300 BC. Mohenjo Daro whose name means Mound of the Dead, was once a major urban center. But in the 1920s, when several excavations took place, the existence of one of the oldest highly advanced civilizations revealed an astonishing collection of artifacts, relics and ruins that were far ahead of their time. 7. London Hammer In 1936, a couple in London, Texas were out walking when they discovered a strange looking hammer embedded in a rock. Actually they just found a handle in a rock, took it home, and it wasn’t until their son cracked it open in 1947 that they discovered there was a hammer attached to the handle!! Somehow, the rock had grown over the hammer, something that seems impossible. 6. 19th Century Artificial Limb Could this 19th-century artifact made of steel and brass be the first artificial limb ever created? Located at the London Science Museum, the unusual prosthetic arm moves at the elbow joint with a spring as well as at the wrist, which can rotate and move up and down. The fingers can also curl up and straighten out. 5. The Baghdad Battery Throwback to the early days of this channel! You guys remember this one?? In 1938, just outside Baghdad in modern day Iraq, archaeologist Wilhelm Konig unearthed a clay jar with a copper cylinder encasing an iron rod. It showed signs of corrosion and revealed that an acidic agent such as vinegar had been used. For Konig, it was a battery!! 4. Earthquake Detector While monitoring the weather and earthquakes might only seem possible with modern technology, turns out that we were already able to detect earthquakes 2000 years ago!! Invented in China, this beautiful work of art is actually a seismometer or a seismoscope. It detects and measures seismic waves coming from an earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc. 3. World's First Computer The Antikythera mechanism is a 2,000-year-old computer that changed our understanding of human history. On the Greek island of Antikythera, an archaeologist sifting through objects found in a 2000-year-old shipwreck discovered a number of treasures. But among the beautiful vases, jewelry and bronze statues, the discovery of brass gears and dials mounted in a case the size of a mantel clock would change the way we look at history forever. 2. Hypocaust Over 2000 years ago, the Ancient Romans invented the world’s first indoor heating system. Known as a hypocaust, the system was only used by wealthier residents. By embedding tubes in the walls of homes, heat could be directed and spread throughout the house. 1. The Cyrus Cylinder This relic from ancient Persia is made of baked clay and was found buried in the foundations of a building in ancient Babylon. It dates back 2,500 years ago to 539 BC when the King of Persia Cyrus the Great conquered Babylon, ending the Babylonian Empire. It is a type of royal inscription declaring what the King of Persia would do with the conquered people. The King announces that he will set them all free and allow people to resume their lives and religions to worship the gods in their own way and in their own temples. #discoveries #artifacts #originsexplained