The monoplane ( popularly known as SAQQARA BIRD)

It's 1898, and a site near Cairo that is rich of ancient tombs and pyramids. You're in an Indiana Jones mood, hoping to discover something truly amazing that would make you famous. buried maps renowned pharaohs' mummies Wait, a wooden bird? You're terribly upset because it appears to be an old, common toy, but little did you know that decades later, someone would suggest that your bird was actually an antique monoplane, leading to the relic being given the nickname "the wooden monoplane."

The Saqqara bird, which is made of sycamore wood, measures only 40 grams in weight and has a wingspan of only seven inches. the ideal authentic memento from Egypt It has a beak and eyes that make it look like a hawk, the symbol of the god Horus, but otherwise it is fairly plain-looking and older than 2000 years. Its tail is rather unusual because it is squared and oddly upright. The use of the birdie has been explained in various ways because people enjoy unraveling mysteries, but the simplest explanation is that "there was a theory that the bird had been used as a weathervane", but this one has been disproved because the figure lacks any markings or holes other than the one made at the Cairo Museum to secure the exhibit on a stick, making it impossible to hang it in the past almost a century after the bird was discovered. Egyptologist Dr. Khalil Masiha then put forth a new theory that the "bird might have been a model of a monoplane because it is missing" Dr. Masiha further asserted.

Glider designer, Martin Gregory constructed a similar model, this time out of balsa wood, and came to the conclusion that even with the missing tail plane, the plane wasn't much of a flyer. However, this didn't sound convincing enough to the History Channel, so they invited an aerodynamics expert. There is only one way to know for sure, and that is to test the model. However, you know the ancient Museum in Cairo would unlikely let one of their prized exhibits fly around like a toy.

The Saqqara bird isn't the only example of such a revolutionary idea; in the era of the pharaohs, it would have been a wonderful illustration of an artifact that is out of place and is far ahead of its time in terms of technology or history. The anti-Cathera Mechanism, the world's earliest analog computer, was discovered in 1901 by a crew of divers from an underwater shipwreck close to the Greek island of Antacira. It is currently dated to around 100 BCE. Unknown who invented the bronze machine that could predict the positions of the sun, moon, planets, stars, the lunar phase, the dates of forthcoming solar eclipses, and even the pace at which the moon moves through the sky

Plumbing and sanitation were so well done by the ancient Minoans on the Mediterranean island of Crete and the Indus Valley Civilization at the same time that no one was able to design anything better until 2000 years later. One ancient Minoan lavatory was discovered at the palace of Canosos, and it appears to have had a wooden seat set over a tunnel that directed water from a rooftop reservoir to an underground septic system.

In 1931, mechanized doors became a hip, seemingly recent development. the mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria developed a hydraulic system to open and close temple doors in the first century CE. To put it into action, you need to light a fire to produce heat. The inventor connected the brass pot to containers that acted as weight when the fire was burning, the water moved into the containers, they went down, and the doors opened and shut. It took hours to open Heron's door.

They only let visitors in the temple once a day because there was no way to stop the process, adding a touch of mystery during ceremonies. Strangely enough, it appears that the first battery was created in Baghdad around 2000 years ago. A German archaeologist discovered this oval-shaped clay jar in 1938. Scientists are still unsure of its function and the inventor's identity. One theory holds that it was used to electroplate objects with precious metals when it was filled with a weak acid, such as vinegar. Another theory claims that it was a container for sacred Scrolls.

Leonardo da Vinci himself created a glass lens in 1508 with a funnel on one side that you were supposed to wear with water inside to improve your vision. About a century later, French scientist Renee Descartes decided to improve the concept and make the cornea contact the future lenses contacts because they come into contact with your eyes. Two and a half centuries later, advances in the glass industry enabled scientists to build contacts that would fit in the eye and even allow the wearer to blink. However, those lenses were still constructed of heavy blown glass and prevented the eye from breathing.

In 1948 an English optical technician accidentally sanded down a plastic lens and discovered they'd still be in place even if they only covered the cornea. Imagine you're living in 19th century London and need to send a message to New York; it would have taken about 10 days to get there by ship so when delivery time went from days to hours in 185, it was a significant advancements .