11 Sophisticated Ancient Technologies Science Still Can't Explain!

Hi, it’s Katrina! From actual robots over 2000 years old, to advanced prosthetics and pharmaceuticals, here are 11 shocking examples of sophisticated ancient technology! 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 11. The First Robot Robots are understandably typically associated with modern times, but its history dates back over 2,000 years, with the creation of the Flying Pigeon! What the heck? I know, right? It was a steam-powered device that resembled a pigeon created between 400 and 350 B.C. 10. The Lost Roman Wonder Herb Silphium was a flowering herb that the Ancient Romans hailed as a miracle drug, which they used for treating feral dog bites, warts, fever, indigestion, and various other ailments. It was also used as an aphrodisiac and an early form of birth control, and its contraceptive effects made it so popular, it eventually became worth its weight in gold, and was one of the most valuable commodities of the ancient world. 9. Automaton Heron of Alexandria was a mathematician and engineer who lived and worked sometime between the first and third centuries. He created numerous impressive machines, including a coin-operated holy water dispenser, the world’s first automatic vending machine; an organ powered by a wind-wheel, the earliest-known wind-powered machine, and one of the earliest known robots, called an automaton. 8. Torquetum A torquetum was a Medieval instrument used for measuring three sets of astronomical coordinates: horizon, equatorial, and ecliptic. It was first created in the late 13th century in Europe and could mechanically interconvert between sets of coordinates without using calculations!! - In essence, acting as an analog computer -- and could also demonstrate the relationships between coordinate sets. 7. Lycurgus Cup The Lycurgus cup is a 4th-century Roman chalice that appears jade green when light passes through it from the front, and blood red when illuminated from behind. It’s made from dichroic glass, a material that changes color depending on the way the light strikes it. The 1,600-year-old cup is the only complete Roman artifact made from dichroic glass, and it displays the most impressive color-changing properties of any such artifacts. 6. Early Prosthetic Way, way before the advent of modern medicine, the Ancient Egyptians showed that they were far ahead of their time by developing functioning prosthetics for amputees. In 2017, scientists discovered a 3,000-year-old wooden prosthetic toe in a tomb at the graveyard hill in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, a necropolis west of Luxor. 5. Viking Twilight Compass The Uunartoq disc is believed to be an ancient compass that the Vikings used as they sailed in the North Atlantic along the 1,600-mile (2,575 km) journey from Norway to Greenland. The small wooden partial disc, which measures just 2.76 inches (7 cm) in diameter, was discovered in an 11th-century convent in Greenland in 1948. 4. Greek Fire You may have heard of Greek fire, as it’s one of the most widely discussed and debated “lost technologies” of the ancient world. During the 7th century, Byzantine ships began firing a flaming mixture that clung to their enemies’ skin and boats and was impossible to extinguish with water. 3. Hypocaust Did you know that there was an actual heating system 2000 years ago?? Most homes around the world today don’t even have central heating!! The hypocaust system was an early version of central heating that originated in Ancient Rome!! Buildings equipped with these systems had raised floors that sat roughly two feet (0.6 meters) off the ground on pillars, enabling hot air to circulate in the space beneath, and were powered by furnaces that were constantly kept burning. As the hot air cooled, it escaped the building through flues in the walls and roof vents. 2. Statue With Ball Thiru Uthirakosamangai is an ancient Shiva temple located in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, believed to be built by the Pandya kings starting around 3,000 years ago, possibly making it the oldest temple of its kind in the world. 1. Ancient Antidepressant Nepenthe was a drug of Greek mythology that made its first appearance in Homer’s Odyssey as a magical potion that an Egyptian queen gave to Hellen, and which quelled her sorrows with forgetfulness. The word “Nepenthe” translates to “the one that chases away sorrow” and was frequently mentioned in Greek literature. #sophisticated #technology #originsexplained