Hum Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Archaeologists have been stumped after finding a 100-year-old Swiss watch in an ancient tomb that was sealed more than 400 years ago. The real-life tomb raiders were the first visitors to the Ming dynasty grave in Shangsi, southern China, since its occupant's funeral. But inside they discovered a miniature watch in the shape of a ring marked 'Swiss' encrusted in mud and rock. "When we tried to remove the soil wrapped around the coffin, suddenly a piece of rock dropped off and hit the ground with metallic sound," said Jiang Yanyu, former curator of the Guangxi Museum. "We picked up the object, and found it was a ring. After removing the covering soil and examining it further, we were shocked to see it was a watch," he added. The time had been stopped at 10:06 am, and on the back had 'Swiss' engraved on it. Now the puzzled time team have asked experts from Beijing for help. "Watches weren't around in the Ming dynasty and Switzerland as a country didn't even exist then," said one archaeologist. :iiam: source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lezard Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 The ming, where time travelers O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
episode Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 And how exactly can they prove they were the first ones in there since the tomb was sealed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 And how exactly can they prove they were the first ones in there since the tomb was sealed? Exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 ^ Archaeologists never make mistakes -- don't you know ? :laugh: No one can really 'prove' that the tomb has not been sealed for the last 400 years, either. Some breach in Time is possible, tho perhaps not probable. It's a delightful thought tho. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted December 17, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 17, 2008 Indiana Jones lost is watch OMG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azusa Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 No wonder Chinese Knock offs are always so good they have been practicing for 100's of years....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Observer Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 No wonder Chinese Knock offs are always so good they have been practicing for 100's of years....... THATS THE BEST ONE IVE READ +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jak0bk Posted December 20, 2008 Share Posted December 20, 2008 lol @ yuri. That was a good one :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 dammit yuri that was mine, i wanted to say this only proves Swiss watches were already Made in China in the 1400's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menge Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 just date the radium in the watch or something like that... i'm sure that they can figure out how old the watch really is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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