Forbidden History

The so-called Baghdad batteries are artifacts found by German archaeologist Wilhelm Konig in 1938 just outside of Baghdad, Iraq. Replicas of these artifacts prove that they could generate more than a volt of electricity—thousands of years before it was thought humans had the technology to do so.

What’s causing the eerie noise detected deep under the Atlantic ocean? And who invented the mysterious computer discovered in an ancient Roman shipwreck? We don’t know, and neither do the scientists. Explore the ten most mysterious discoveries that have been baffling us for decades.

Out of place in time? Mike Mikesell broke a diamond saw blade cutting through a rock at a gem shop, and he made a shocking discovery. What he found inside may be a man-made object from 500,000 years ago.