Swiss watch found in 400-year-old tomb

Ananova ^ | December 2008 | staff

[Bon mots]

Archeologists in China are baffled after finding a tiny Swiss watch in a 400-year-old tomb.

The watch ring was discovered as archeologists were making a documentary with two journalists from Shangsi town.

"When we tried to remove the soil wrapped around the coffin, a piece of rock suddenly dropped off and hit the ground with a metallic sound,? said Jiang Yanyu, former curator of the Guangxi Autonomous Region 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."

The time was stopped at 10:06am, and on the back was engraved the word "Swiss", reports the People's Daily.

Local experts say they are confused as they believe the tomb had been undisturbed since it was created during the Ming dynasty 400 years ago.

They have suspended the dig and are waiting for experts to arrive from Beijing and help them unravel the mystery.

[Quix]

Thanks.

Will check it out.

Have a blessed Christmas.

[Quix]

Thanks.

Interesting.

[Smokin' Joe]

"Chang tossed his watch-ring aside when he realized it was not worth a dang after the BC-AD changeover....."

Just a minor event in the Y-zeroK crisis.

[HamiltonJay]

[InsensitiveConservative]

Funny.... I was thinking Timeline also.

[Bon mots]

Not exactly in your area of main interest, but I thought you might get a kick out of it on a slow Friday...

:)

[Swordmaker]

Strange. Very strange.

It takes a licking and keeps on ticking...

[Yaelle]

My personal nominee for Post of the Day is yours!! ROFL!!

[BossLady]

Thanks!! I’m glad someone gets my weird sense of humor.... ;)

[Bon mots]

Thanks!! I’m glad someone gets my weird sense of humor.... ;)

I liked that one too...

[SunkenCiv]

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[2ndDivisionVet]

OOPARTS (Out-of-place artifacts)

[SunkenCiv]

:’) Probably not even Swiss, just a cheap Chinese knockoff.

[EternalVigilance]

"Doc, you gotta stop leavin' your stuff lay around!"

[Salamander]

eBay...the secret to “time” travel:

http://shop.ebay.com/items/_W0QQ_nkwZfingerQ20ringQ20watchQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ

[LibertyRocks]

Hmmm... I wonder if they have the “Silent Hill” game series in China... (same time on the stopped clock).

[Lancey Howard]

The time was stopped at 10:06am

"am"??

[bert]

Back when I was younger, we got stranded with nothing to eat. My buddy caught a pack rat. We roasted it on a spit over coals. It tasted like chicken.

[SunkenCiv]

"I didn't invent the time machine to win at gambling, I invented the time machine to travel through time!"

[EternalVigilance]

Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?

Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?