Do you believe electricity was used in ancient times?

Question

In the 1930 in Khujut Rabula on the outskirts of Bagdad, some people was digging in a little hill. They found remains of a tower from the time of Partert.

The museum of Irak then began to do archaeological excavations in the area. A German archaeologist, named W. König, then discover curious things who seems to be like a cell in a modern pocket torch!

He found out that they had found remains of four similar ”batteries” near the old city Seleuca, an area down the river. At a visit in The Berlin museum he discovered several not assembled parts, like a cylinder of copper, sticks of iron and asphalt to feed ten likely ”batteries”, probable used in a series connection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendera_light

Answer 1

If I'm not mistaken, they've also found evidence of ancient hydro-electric power generation.. It wasn't on a large scale but enough to power a few lights.

Answer 2

god created electritcy on the forth day

Answer 3

you missed the battery they found in china, I cant find a web link to it, but they found it with electroplated jewelery, from 300bc I think.

ancient people used electricity, no question about it.

Answer 4

These are artifacts that survived the 1st nuclear war when civilization back then was destroyed.  Then Charlton Heston landed back on the earth and taught the remains of the human race how to take back our land from the apes.

Answer 5

Yes, electricity was used extensively in past civilizations, but not for the same vain reasons we consume its energy.

Answer 6

Some studies I have read about the Ark of the Covenant made me think it might have been electrical in nature or similar to a battery or weapon.  

It had layers of metal, gold etc, and people could not touch it without getting fried, hence they had to use those long poles to carry it.    

I believe it is highly probable that people were at much higher technological levels in ancient times than they were after the fall of Rome and that the Egyptians for instance may have had many technological devices.   The Greeks had a rudimentary type of computer.

Answer 7

I'm surprised they didn't find a bulb that was made by GeeEee.

It olden times, electricity was used only when something got struck by lightning.

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

I do, they found what appeared to be an ancient battery in Western US.  Why not?  More bizarre things have happened before!

Answer 10

Yes its well documented World wide  .Batteries ( Cells ) have beenfound in central Americia also approx 14 volts  Thousands of years old

Answer 11

yes, jesus invented AAs

this is also why muslims are so far back concerning technology

Answer 12

It's possible, though I think very unlikely, that this object functioned as a battery. There are problems with the battery theory, and certainly there are other things it could be. From the link below:

"Skeptical archaeologists see the electrical experiments as embodying a key problem with experimental archaeology; such experiments can only show that something was physically possible, they say nothing about whether it actually occurred. Further, there are many difficulties with the interpretation of these artifacts as galvanic cells:

    * The asphalt completely covers the copper cylinder, electrically insulating it, so no current can be drawn without modifying the design;

    * There are not any wires or conductors with them;

    * No widely accepted electrical equipment is associated with them (though controversial stone reliefs depicting arc lights have been suggested);

    * An asphalt seal, being thermoplastic, is excellent for forming a hermetic seal for long term storage. It would be extremely inconvenient however for a galvanic cell, which would require frequent topping up of the electrolyte (if they were intended for extended use).

Some observe that the artifacts strongly resemble another type of object with a known purpose - namely, storage vessels for sacred scrolls from nearby Seleucia on the Tigris. Those vessels do not have the outermost clay jar, but are otherwise almost identical. Since it is claimed these vessels were exposed to the elements, it would not be at all surprising if any papyrus or parchment inside had completely rotted away, perhaps leaving a trace of slightly acidic organic residue. "

Answer 13

i highly doubt it...they would have no use for "batteries" since youd have to have something that needed electricity...and ancients had neither the technology or the proper tools to make such devices...perhaps the "findings" were mere coincidences or perhaps they were batteries and were believed to be magic that would glow

Answer 14

I'm gonna take a chance and say no.  Why would they paint stick figures on the wall or walk across the beiring straight if they could've just put it on a dvd or taken the red eye to chicago?  And if they did have electricity, then why the h**l was the last ice age such a big deal?  someone should've just turned the heat on!

Answer 15

Neat.

Answer 16

Well I will admit that the artifacts you mention do appear to resemble electric batteries in form and function.  But I'm not aware of any metal wires or cables having been found in proximity to the "batteries" to suggest they were actually being used to generate electric currents.  Certainly if the artifacts did indeed serve as electric cells one should expect that at least some wires would have been found along side them.  Sorry but I still need more convincing.

Answer 17

It's very possible that the ancients stumbled onto electrical power without having a clue as to what it was.

I have heard of this discovery before.  So I'm not wholly surprised at this question.

Answer 18

Those batteries must the weapons of mass destruction they couldn't find. W. König, the shifty one, must've known they were going to look for them in the future as an excuse for War.

Answer 19

I doubt it. I know of no records of such things being used anywhere close to that time period. More likely they were curiosities for which no uses were found.

Answer 20

Hey... is this another one of those Al Gore con jobs warning us about the first time "Global Warming" took place?

Think about it... the "Baghdad Batteries" have to be responsible. That Al Gore certainly gets around. First Baghdad, then Egypt, then South America. That's why they disassembled and buried them after disconnecting the cables.

Possibly I should re-think my position about Al Gore... NOT..!!!

Answer 21

i have seen this before only for the ancient egyptians.  what i do firmly believe is that we seriously underestimate ancient man.  look at otzi!  he has basically rewritten history in terms of weapons and metals.  civilizations that we know nothing of have come and gone....god only knows of knowledge lost....for now.