Some Obscurish facts
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In coal beds belonging to the Tertiary period (12 to 70 million years ago), there was found a metal cube, made of iron, carbon, and a little bit of nickel. Many experts think it could have been made only by human hands. But there were no people then, and certainly no technology. Embedded in the coal, the cube measured 2 1/2 inches by 1 4/5 inches, weighed 28 oz., and had an incision that ran around it horizontally. Discovered by a Dr. Gurlt, the cube created a minor sensation. Articles about it appeared in Nature, the British scientific magazine, in November, 1886, and in L'Astronomie, published in Paris, in 1887. The cube was put in the Salzburg Museum. A few years ago, the Russian journalist G. N. Ostroumov decided to investigate the story of the cube. Officials at the Salzburg Museum said it was lost, probably sometime before W.W.II. The file for the period in which the cube was found was also missing. (Curious how this happens) NOTE: Similar items that have been found are: A fossil screw with perfect spiral formation was found inside a rock from the so-called 'Abbey Gallery' in Treasure City, Nev. 'The stratum in which it was found is extremely old,' experts say. Objects resembling bullets have been found in the bones of prehistoric animals. Perfect glass lenses, metal nails, chains, and batteries--all far older than the technology of the time they date back to--have been discovered.
In coal beds belonging to the Tertiary period (12 to 70 million years ago), there was found a metal cube, made of iron, carbon, and a little bit of nickel. Many experts think it could have been made only by human hands. But there were no people then, and certainly no technology. Embedded in the coal, the cube measured 2 1/2 inches by 1 4/5 inches, weighed 28 oz., and had an incision that ran around it horizontally. Discovered by a Dr. Gurlt, the cube created a minor sensation. Articles about it appeared in Nature, the British scientific magazine, in November, 1886, and in L'Astronomie, published in Paris, in 1887. The cube was put in the Salzburg Museum. A few years ago, the Russian journalist G. N. Ostroumov decided to investigate the story of the cube. Officials at the Salzburg Museum said it was lost, probably sometime before W.W.II. The file for the period in which the cube was found was also missing. (Curious how this happens) NOTE: Similar items that have been found are: A fossil screw with perfect spiral formation was found inside a rock from the so-called 'Abbey Gallery' in Treasure City, Nev. 'The stratum in which it was found is extremely old,' experts say. Objects resembling bullets have been found in the bones of prehistoric animals. Perfect glass lenses, metal nails, chains, and batteries--all far older than the technology of the time they date back to--have been discovered.