Iron Pot Embedded Inside Coal Lump: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

In 1912, two employees who were shoveling coal in the Municipal Electric Plant in Thomas, Oklahoma, broke apart a larger chunk for the...
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Baalbek's Roman Temple Of Jupiter's Ruins: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Still many other, even more wondrous things were achieved in times long past. In eastern Lebanon lies a city called Baalbek that can ...
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Ancient Trepanning (Brain Surgery) And Other Advanced Medical Knowledge

Apart from enigmatic works in stone there are also telltale signs of extremely advanced surgical procedures that were performed in day...
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The Antikythira Device, an Ancient Calculator: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Further evidence of ancient machining can be observed in the mysterious ‘Antikythira Device,’ an artifact that was found at the site o...
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A Fossilized Human Hand Print: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

We also have the amazing and thoroughly ‘impossible’ discovery of a completely fossilized handprint which corresponds perfectly to an...
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Stone Age ‘Modern’ Hand Tools: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Do you realize how long it takes for an object to fossilize? We are told that the process literally takes millions of years. Consider th...
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A 500,000 Year Old Spark Plug: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

In another equally bizarre find in 1961, the owners of a gift shop in Olancha, California retrieved what appeared to be a normal fossi...
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Ancient Nanotechnology: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Here are some very inexplicable little items. These most intriguing artifacts were made between 1991 and 1993 by a group of men prospe...
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Ica Stones, the Ancient Rock Library: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Undoubtedly another one of the greatest enigmas of the archeological world surrounds a collection of some 15,000 artifacts that were ...
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Mysterious Nazca Lines: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

In continuing our display of ‘ooparts’ mention must of course be given to the enormous motifs, spirals and geometric shapes that appear...
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Ancient Mystery of Puma Punku Stones in Tiahuanaco

They are arguably the oldest, and most baffling ruins on the face of the Earth. It is hard to imagine how they did not come to be known...
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Mysterious machine-made groove in the ancient Puma Punku Stones: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

There is a most interesting thing that can be found in the Puma Punku Complex near Tiahuanaco . At the ancient site, standing upright...
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The Mysterious Dorchester Pot found solidly embedded within 15 feet of sedimentary rock: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

In June, 1851, ‘Scientific American’ reprinted a report that had first appeared in the Boston Transcript about a metallic vase that ha...
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Aztec Obsidian Ear Plugs: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

The Aztec Culture, as with many other past cultures of the Mesoamerican region had a love for Obsidian. It was used mainly for objects...
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The Mercator Map of 1538: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

And even yet another intriguing map is one drawn in 1538 by Mercator, another highly respected cartographer who lived in the 16th cent...
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The Franco Rosselli map of 1508: Out-of-place Artifacts (OOPArt)

Franco Rosselli was a renowned Florentine cartographer of the 15th century who created a relatively small but richly illustrated copperp...
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