Legend of the curse of Baghdad Battery

In 1938 and during archaeological excavations in the Iraqi village called Khoja Rabobank near the city of Baghdad, discovered the workers a small jar of clay oblique yellowish and a length of 15 cm, dating back two thousand years ago, became the jar of great importance in when aroused the attention of Musharraf, Iraq Museum German scientist William Konaگ. To note that the components are very similar to the components of the electric battery!, Was built similar models have Vontgt electric current! And in 1940 the free Konaگ paper in which he says that the battery is similar in its cells, galvanic, says Dr Paul Craddock, an official at the British Museum: "The batteries have attracted a lot of attention. It is very important because we do not know anyone like that happened to discover.

One of the puzzles that are difficult to understand or solve them. "According to most sources that the history of the batteries back to around 200 BC In the history of the Middle East, era Sassanid - is from 225 and 640 AD - a transition period between the era of catalytic science and the era of catalytic most scientific. says Dr. Marjorie Sanekal, a professor of history of science and technology at Smith College in the United States: "I ​​do not think that anyone can determine the purpose of these batteries in that era.", he was the jar in the Museum of Iraq, the national and also found about 12 jar again with the same components of the battery is detected, the question remains

Why is this ancient Iraqis invented the electric battery, and was used for any purpose?

Supposed Connick he may have used the battery in the process of coating an electric conversion of gold to silver. If the theory is correct, it wiped out the known history of the discovery of the battery current (which is at the hands of the world's Alessandro Volta 1800 the electrochemical cell) for more than a thousand years from the current date, Disekfore channel and its famous "Meth-buster," explained that ancient people probably used the battery as a means of electrolytic coating and electrolytic.

 In any case, the battery did not produce a lot of energy and I need to plug in a series of stages to test the theory. Also, some believe that the batteries were used in the medical field, he wrote about the ancient Greeks to relieve pain caused by electric fish when these fish are placed on the feet. The Chinese discovered acupuncture treatment in this era. The Chinese still use needles, accompanied by Chinese electric current. This may explain the presence of needles near the batteries that were found near Baghdad.

According to some archaeologists that the electrical tests constitute an obstacle to Applied Archaeological Science; because such tests only indicate the possibility of physically happen. Has never Amtvena text shows archaeological use in their lives. And longer than that, there are many difficulties that stand in front of mind "battery" actual:
1 - covers the fixed cylinder completely, removed by the electricity, then electricity can be connected to copper unless the change of this body.
2 - There is not any wires or conductive materials with the pieces.
3 - Do not acceptable electrical equipment connected.
4 - Seal the continental, excellent long-term storage in the long run, would be inappropriate, electric cell, which requires frequent increase in the solution (if they are they intended to use in that).
5 - Others note that it uses are similar to other tools, utensils are stored near the sacred texts of Seleucia near the Tigris, there are no similarities, but relatively similar. Since it has been said exposure to the climate, it is not surprising rotting papyrus or writing paper, thus leaving the organic acidic effect.

Contains a cylinder hollow in a plate of copper, and was higher cylinder copper covered plate of a mixture of lead and tin, and the bottom covered with a disc copper was covered textured asphalt or bitumen, as well as there is a layer of asphalt covering the jar in the middle of the jar suspended rod of iron in the middle of the cylinder of copper where he found the effects of acid