Posted on 12/19/2008 1:22:56 AM PST by 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.
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There are twelve marks on that “watch,” exactly like a western clock. Did the Chinese mark time in that manner 400 years ago?
The back of the watch says it’s Swiss...
Yeah, no telling how that changed the future (and past)
Looks like a Hobbit sized watch.
In that case, it would seem likely that a grave robber had a cheap watch ring on and dropped it while robbing the grave.
wait a minute everyone! perhaps we can solve this mystery...has anyone asked John Titor (you’all can google his name if you aren’t familiar with this one)
I have no idea... unless there is a date function. Then you can simply move forward 12 hours and see if the date changes. However, I cannot tell from the picture.
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