Baghdad Battery- The First Battery Ever Built

******Baghdad Battery, First Source of Voltage Storage******

These pot-like objects are determined to be from the era of the Parthians and early Sassanians (250 BC to 225 AD).

A number of artifacts found in Iraq are thought to be batteries and called the "Baghdad Batteries".  

 The Baghdad Battery, sometimes referred to as the Parthian Battery, is a clay pot which encapsulates a copper cylinder. Suspended in the center of this cylinder—but not touching it—is an iron rod. Both the copper cylinder and the iron rod are held in place with an asphalt plug. 

There are still conflicting theories among themselves about the dating of the artifacts. For example, Dr. St John Simpson from the department of the ancient Near East at the British Museum, believe that the objects might have come from later Sassanian period, and they were actually scientific in nature with capacity to conduct electricity. 

Contrastingly, others have noted their similarity to conventional storage vessels from the era. And lastly, adding a dash of hullabaloo to the controversial topic, Discovery Channel demonstrated that these ‘jars’ could have been used as batteries to electroplate at least small items.

The Baghdad Battery, sometimes referred to as the Parthian Battery.

These artifacts were discovered during the 1936 excavations of the old village Khujut Rabu, near Baghdad. The village is considered to be about 2000 years old, and was built during the Parthian period (250BC to 224 AD).

Originally found in 1936 at Khuyut Rabu, 30 km to the SE of Baghdad, Iraq, the  person who made the discovery is not documented. The jar showed signs of corrosion, and early tests revealed that an acidic agent, such as vinegar or wine had been present.

Making an electric current requires two types of metals with different electrical properties and an ion carrying solution known as electrolyte to transfer the electrons between the two metals.

If you fill the jar with an acidic liquid, such as vinegar or fermented grape juice, then a measurable current voltage can be recorded. Experiments with models have generated between 1.5 and 2 volts. If you connect the jars together in a series connection, then a larger voltage can be created.

The mystery of the Baghdad batteries is; 

 

                                            "Who or whom is responsible for them? There’s not enough clear data at this time why they exist and who is responsible for their existence. Did a time traveler need some help and left his/her prototypes or technology for the people of that time? Did a space traveler give a technology nudge to a specific group of villagers who later lost that knowledge through attrition? 

Or, did humans 2000 years ago figure out electroplating techniques for jewellery and such, then somewhere throughout history, specific knowledge was lost? Hard to say, but one thing you can’t deny, the Baghdad battery was first, and it works!!!!"

Oldest Buildings In The World

******Wayland’s Smithy, England – around 3700 BC******
                 

                          A Neolithic long barrow and chamber tomb site located near Ashbury. Human remains found on the site indicate that 14 people were laid to ground there between 3590 and 3550 BC.

 *****Tumulus Saint-Michel, France – about 4500 BC*****

                 The Tumulus of St. Michel is a megalithic grave mound, located east of Carnac in Brittany, France. It is the largest grave mound in continental Europe. The tumulus is 125 m long, 60 m wide and 10 m high.

*****Barnenez, France – around 4800 BC*****

                     The Cairn of Barnenez is considered to be a Passage grave. It is a Neolithic monument located in northern Finistère, Brittany, France. The structure is 72 m long, 25 m wide and over 8 m high.

*****La Hougue Bie, Jersey – around 3500 BC*****

                      An 18.6 metre long passage chamber in the island of Jersey, off the shores of Normandy, France. The chapel above is medieval.

****Knap of Howar, Scotland – around 3700 BC****

                       It is the oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe, located on the island of Papa Westray, Scotland. 

****Ġgantija, Malta – around 3700 BC*****

                       A Neolithic, megalithic temple complex on the Mediterranean island of Gozo. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of a series of megalithic temples in Malta and they are older than the pyramids of Egypt. Together with other similar structures, these have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Homo naledi-New Human Species with Orange-Size Brain- Discovered

***Homo naledi was named after the Rising Star cave - naledi means ‘star’ in Sesotho, a South African language.****

 Homo naledi, possessed an unusual mix of features, such as feet adapted for a life on the ground but hands suited for a life in the trees.

The early humans had lived in the remote ‘Rising Star’ cave around 50km from Johannesburg, South Africa.

The fossils  could have been there 2 million years ago or 100,000 years ago, possibly coexisting with modern humans. But the date is not net decided.

 1,550 fossil elements excavated from the cave are believed to be parts of at least 15 infants, children, adults and elderly of the same species.

 Homo naledi stood approximately 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and weighed about 45 kg. Its teeth are described as similar to those of the earliest-known members of our genus, such as Homo habilis, as are most features of the skull. The shoulders, however, are more similar to those of apes.

 The find was announced by the University of the Witwatersrand, the National Geographic Society and the South African National Research Foundation.

Hagia Sophia- Turkey - Wonderful Historic Monument

***Hagia Sophia once  it was a basilica, later it became a mosque and now this beauty serves as a museum*****

 Hagia Sophia is situated in Istanbul, Turkey.

Its construction was started in 537 until 1453, it served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral and seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople except between 1204 and 1261, when it was converted to a Roman Catholic cathedral under the Latin Empire.

The building was a mosque from 29 May 1453 until 1931. It was then secularized and opened as a museum on 1 February 1935.

 It contains two floors centered on a giant nave that has a great dome ceiling, along with smaller domes, towering above.

 Beneath the dome are 40 windows with sunlight coming through.

WOW!!! signal- Alien Communication

On August 15, 1977, Astronomer Jerry Ehman received a strong narrowband radio signal while he was working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope of The Ohio State University, then located at Ohio Wesleyan University's Perkins Observatory in Delaware, Ohio.

The entire signal sequence lasted for the full 72-second.

 Dr. Jerry R. Ehman

Signal picked up by the Big Ear Radio Observatory on August 15, 1977, it wasn’t noticed until a few days later, when Ehman discovered the signal among the previous days’ logs.

 Big Ear Radio Observatory-

The Big Ear observatory was a key element of Ohio State University’s SETI project, launched in 1961 to map radio signals including comets, quasars and nebulae from outside the galaxy. 

Voynich Manuscript- written in a language that is completely unknown

 *** The Manuscript which is written in a language still unknown****

The Voynich Manuscript is a detailed 240 page book (Some of the pages are missing)  written in a language or script that is completely unknown.

 It's written has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438).

 Wilfrid M. Voynich, Polish-American antiquarian bookseller acquired it in 1912. Hense it is named after his name- Voynich manuscript

The text is written from left to right, and most of the pages have illustrations or diagrams.

 Its pages are also filled with colorful drawings of strange diagrams, odd events and plants that do not seem to match any known species, adding to the intrigue of the document and the difficulty of deciphering it.

  It has been called "the world's most mysterious manuscript."

The fact that many diagrams appear to be of astronomical origin, combined with the unidentifiable biological drawings, has even led some fanciful theorists to propose that the book may have an alien origin. 

Hang Son Doong Cave- Its like Nature under cave

*** Its like Real Nature you never seen under Cave******

Hang Son Doong Cave which is 5km long lies in Vietnam has its own Climate,rivers,forests etc.

The Cave is 200m high and 150m wide was founded in 1991.

Only in 2009 did the cave become internationally known after a group of scientists from the British Cave Research Association, led by Howard and Deb Limbert, conducted a survey in Phong Nha-Ke Bang from 10 to 14 April 2009.

Their progress was stopped by a large, 60-metre (200 ft) high calcite wall, which was named The Great Wall of Vietnam. It was traversed in 2010 when the group reached the end of the cave passage.

The cave contains some of the tallest known stalagmites in the world.

 The cave runs for approximately 9 km and is punctuated by 2 large dolines.

 The dolines allow sunlight to enter sections of the cave and has resulted in the growth of trees as well as other vegetation.

 

The first tourist group explored the cave on a guided tour at a cost of US$3,000 each.

On 2015 season, Only 500 permits were issued, which runs from February to August.

Secret Rooms Of Grand Central Terminal

****It is believed that there are secret areas in Grand Central Terminal*****

Ever day many people walk through the Grand Terminal in the New -York city.Thousands of people commute into and out of Grand Central Terminal, thousands more eat at the station's restaurants.But never know that there secrets areas in the Grand Central Terminal.

The Secret Areas Include-

1.   Nine stories below the lowest floor sits a bunker known as M-42. It's rumored that during World War II, the bunker had guards with shoot-to-kill orders, for fear of sabotage while the station's trains were being used to ferry troops into and out of New York.

2.  Below the elaborate station is Track 61, which is not on any train map. Track 61 was built for wealthy travelers arriving on private trains and has a freight elevator that rises to the garage level of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. 

        The track's most frequent user was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who wore leg braces and used a wheelchair because of his polio. FDR's private train included a car specially outfitted to hold his Pierce-Arrow limousine. 

       When he rode into Manhattan from his hometown of Hyde Park, N.Y., he would be driven in the limo off the train, into the freight elevator and right into the hotel. 

        The clandestine entrance prevented the public from seeing the President's inability to walk.