In the summer of 1977 was published a report on the results of the research content 81 graves on the black sea coast of Bulgaria. They all pertained to about 4500 BC, by the time the achievements of technical thought mostly limited to wood or mud huts, various stone tools and ceramic pots. This cemetery has made such an impression on making it a description, archaeologist, Professor of the University of California in Los Angeles Lithuanian origin Maria Gimbutas that she even resorted to rare in academic language terminology.

"The grave,she wrote,- are sensational, at their extraordinary wealth in gold, copper, marble, obsidian, flint, various semi-precious stones and the Aegean basins, as well as upon the evidence of technological achievements, including graphite and gilded ceramics."

Again archaeological discovery was covered by a veil of historical romance, because it could be of a lost civilization, far ahead on the development of their time, which once flourished in the heart of Europe. It seems that "the people Karanovo" lived an idyllic life, characterized by prosperity and equality at the same time (only in five out of the graves was found rich utensils)is independent of and different from the creators of megaliths on the one hand, and new farmers and the urban Middle East on the other. Most notable in this sense, the tomb of a rich man, buried with the whole stock of gold jewelry - three gold necklaces, six massive gold bracelets (three on each hand), two rectangular earrings fine work of gold wire, six small gold hairpins and a variety of gold discs, which were sewn to the clothes.

The shoulder lay buried, described by Maria Gimbutas, stone axe great work with arm in gold", and on the other side was laid copper spear, the shaft of which was also in gold. In recent years, such a startling discovery literally follow one after the other.

In early 1977, Director of the London Institute archaeometallurgist research Professor Beno Rothenberg announced the discovery in Israel and Spain copper mines and smelters belonging to the fourth Millennium BC. This discovery, moving the specified before the time the first copper copies by as much as two thousand years ago, meant, he said, "a sea change in our understanding of ancient technology of mining".

Meanwhile, archaeologists Andrian Basie and Pierre beaumont found in southern Africa traces developments ochre, detracting these middle Eastern and European findings. Studies of carbon steel method, held in Groningen University in the Netherlands, showed that one of mining complexes were actively used in the period from 26 to 20 Millennium BC, and began to act, perhaps even earlier 40,000 BC! Age of 35-50 thousand years given to the bones with notches found in other place of extraction, "indicates the ability of a person of that long-ago period to read".

Hardly believing in your own discoveries, scientists were forced to conclude that "the true time of the beginning of development of deposits in Swaziland is about 80-70 Millennium B.C. These discoveries have significantly affect two group of scientists studying the prehistoric era, who were entrenched in different camps.

On the one hand are Orthodox archaeologists brought up in the days when to believe in anything, except the gradual spread of civilization from the Middle East in the years that followed the invention of writing about 3000 BC, was considered heresy. For this ever-shrinking team and even for those who have changed their views and agree that the processes of civilization were independently in several different centres, any very ancient wonders like tables with writing or lightning rods unconditionally are the fruits of either fraud or misrepresentation, or errors in the determination of the age of the finds.

On the other side are extravagant writers who have a tendency to believe that any amazing antiquity, whether it is a sculpture of a giant head, pyramid or even the wheel is an example of a sudden intervention and lost superspeedway technology that existed in some undefined old times. For both groups of new discoveries - cautionary reminder of what wonders person can achieve on their own, without the help of wandering the Egyptian priests or creatures from space. One example of this is the ancient use of electricity.

In June 1936 during the under Baghdad excavation of the railway builders came across an ancient tomb, covered with a stone slab. Over the next two months the Iraqi Department of antiquities was extracted a pile of items related to PERMSKOMU period (248 BC - 226 ad) (about 613 - beads, clay figurines, various bricks and PT

But among these finds an object representing the outstanding interest - copper cylinder with an iron rod that German archaeologist William Koenig, who headed the laboratory of the Iraqi Museum, and tempered with a high probability identified as a primitive electric battery.

Back in Germany, in Berlin Museum, he managed to connect the find with other Iraqi cylinders, rods and asphalt tubes, which are all bore traces of corrosion, as if it were eroded by acid, and several more subtle iron and bronze rods found with them.

He came to the conclusion that to increase voltage (ten batteries in parallel connected), with the immediate goal of getting power for galvanic coating of fine local plated jewelry. Alittleagency conclusion attracted little attention, for reasons that the guardian London's science Museum chemist and physicist Walter Winton explained, when in 1962, has arrived in Baghdad for the reorganization of the Iraqi Museum, translations into the new buildings.

"Tell any physicist, " said he, " that the electric current was used for 15 centuries before Galvani and frog legs, and you will hear in response: "Nonsense! Ridiculous idea! Impossible!" This was my own reaction when I first heard about it. I took this with extreme suspicion. False interpretation of the facts, the hoax, fake, another grinning poltawski skull. Because if it were true, it would be the greatest news in the history of science!".

However, seeing the battery, he immediately recognized her primitive electric element. Today he says that "not being an archaeologist, I immediately rushed right in the direction of the simplest scientific solutions. I still don't see what else it could be used, and if anyone has better ideas on that score, I am not reported.

For absolute confirmation of this version lacked some accessories like wires, and I thought it important to publish my interpretation to the archaeologists have started to look for them in addition to the usual contained in the burial of familiar objects. Is it really practical knowledge in the field of electricity so unthinkable in that period? I am sure that the opportunities of ancient people have been considerably underestimated. I guess the whole idea of an incredible that just ingrained in the minds navarasa and arrogant pride modern scientific achievements prevents us to believe that the action of electric current could be known to our Mesopotamian ancestors 2000 years ago".

In the course of two experiments carried out independently of one another in the US with exact copies of items, each battery was made within 18 days of the current voltage of 0.5 volts. The electrolyte used a five percent solution of vinegar, wine or copper sulphate. Known at the time of sulphur and citric acid equally well maintained batteries. Despite all reasonable doubt, it is, therefore, was their purpose; and if to put on a point of view that electricity in those days actually used it immediately raises a whole range of new possibilities. Gilding and silvering existed in Mesopotamia for 2000 years, and in other places, according to the new Bulgarian Nakhodka, more than 4000 years until that time, belongs to the battery.

How long have you used technology for electroplating? Whether it is the basis for the ancient art of alchemy, methods of turning base metals into gold? The likely answer is affirmative. Similarly, seemingly crazy assumption that the Egyptian builders of the pyramids used electric light, now does not seem very speculative. Here there is a real mystery, is noticed in 19 century by sir Norman Locaion.

In the depth of the pyramids, in complete darkness on solid stone were engraved intricate images, made in the smallest podrobnostyami it is evident that artists need some light. However, traces of soot, which would leave even a well regulated torches and oil lamps commonly used at that time, the walls are not visible. Maybe they used the lights on the battery? On the walls of the tomb Denderi engraved image of devices, in a strange way napominayax elektroizolyator and electric lamps, and although the physical remains of their prototypes are still not found, rare archaeologist, perhaps, as in the case of the Baghdad batteries, would have recognized their purpose in the case, if they were discovered. Other strange things related to the late period, ancient history, which is often said to fiction, also suggest practical experience in the application of technical Sciences. Wooden flagpoles about twenty metres height covered with a copper casing to appear before the Egyptian temples, were, according to their description, made in 320 BCE, during the reign of Ptolemy, in order "cut the lightning from the sky".

Model of a glider from Saqqara, the construction site, the first step pyramid, probably Dating to the same time, as lightning-rods, has a wingspan of 18 inches and testifies to a certain level of knowledge in the field of aerodynamics. However, much more doubtful is submitted that it is a smaller scale model of large aircraft. The majority of comments it is compared with the projects of the aircraft Leonardo da Vinci, who in their theoretical feasibility never implemented in practice were not.

Near Islands Antikythera the divers were found corroded parts of some metal device that after cleaning them turned out to be a complex system dials and gears relating to 65 BC, Its purpose was solved in 1959, when Derek de Solla Price located in Princeton, new Jersey, has proved that it is a kind of analogue computer used to facilitate astronomical calculations. In the "saintifik American" he noted, "a little scary to realize that the ancient Greeks, before sunset of their great civilization, so close to our time not only in their thinking, but in his scientific technologies".

Findings like these (and there certainly would be more if I was an active search) does not entail the need to completely rewrite the history of science, in connection with them rather raises the question of the re-evaluation, inherent human genius. However, as a true anomaly in the area of creativity, they are of great value to the next topic is controversial discoveries relating to early writing. If the ancients method probe errors were able to understand how to use electricity and guess about the nature of the flights of heavier than air, who are we to set the limits of their capabilities in other areas, however improbable at first they may seem?