Historic inventions of archaeological importance, fun to know
Archaeological gems Most people think that this is the scientific era and all the inventions have been done in the recent years only, but these astonishing artifacts show that even in ancient times, people were interested in science and they too knew a lot about it. Antikythera mechanism This is the world’s oldest gear system used to calculate the positions of sun, moon and eclipse positions. Following link will provide the detailed information about the subject. Antikythera mechanism Ancient chemical warfare The evidences of an ancient chemical warfare from Roman times (around 256 AD) have been found in the city of Dura-Europos. 20 armed dead bodies of Roman soldiers were found in a 2 m wide and high counter tunnel dug by them to counter the Persian tunnel. Being armed and not having any physical wounds, the reason of the deaths of 20 soldiers at once was a great mystery. The only possible solution to this question is that Persian ambushed them with poisonous ga...







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