Out-of-place artifact
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An out-of-place artifact is an artifact of historical, archaeological, or paleontological interest to someone that is claimed to have been found in an unusual context, which someone claims to challeng
The Tamil Bell is a broken bronze bell used as a cooking pot by Māori women of New Zealand.
The Shroud of Turin: modern photo of the face, positive left, digitally processed negative image right
The three components of the Baghdad Battery
The iron pillar of Delhi
Pre-Columbian transoceanic contact theories, many of which are speculative, propose that visits to the Americas, interactions with the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, or both, were made by people
Out-of-place artifact
…10th century or the 14th century. A similar coin, also thought to be from the Medieval Kilwa sultanate, was found in Australia in 2018 on Elcho Island. Traces of cocaine and nicotine found in Egyptian mummies, which have been variously interpreted as evidence of contact between Ancient Egypt and Pre-Columbian America or as the result of contamination. The…
Reenactment of a Viking landing in L'Anse aux Meadows
Sweet potatoes for sale, Thames, New Zealand. The word "kumara" has entered English from Māori and is widely used, especially in Polynesia.
Mocha Island off the coast of the Arauco Peninsula, Chile
'Elye'wun, a reconstructed Chumash tomol