10 cursed ancient artifacts, disappeared without a trace in the depths of history

In science, there is no room for superstition and magic. Throughout history, no one scientific question no magic solution was found, while the reverse happens all the time. The only exception is perhaps the area of ​​archeology. Even the most sober archeology can confidently say that some ancient relics and artifacts seem to clearly have an inexplicable from a scientific point of view, the ability to violently resist their theft!

< Website 10 examples of such results Shrews artifacts that seem to really have been cursed.

Cores for ballista

Photo source: Novate.ruNa border of Israel and Syria in the late 1980s, were found several hundred distant relatives cannonballs used by the Roman Empire to destroy the enemy's defenses. According to records, the ancient city of Gamla was captured by the Romans after its walls were destroyed, while 9,000 residents chose to commit suicide by throwing himself into the gorge.

Nobody noticed any missing until 2015, when in the courtyard of the museum in the morning suddenly found two ballista core. Next to them was a note: "This is two cores from the Roman ballista from Gamla, I stole them in July 1995 and since then they have not brought me nothing but trouble. Please do not steal antiquities!. »

Pompeii relics



According to legend, Pompeii were cursed by the gods after some holy sites in the city were destroyed by the Roman legions. The archaeological superintendent of Pompeii, Massimo Osanna, receives 100 parcels each year with various artifacts of the city - from the mosaics and frescoes of the pieces to the article. Almost all of them come with explanatory letters in which people write about a variety of problems with which they began to encounter after the stolen items. One Spanish thief has sent as many as five parcels with artifacts, arguing that the curse has befallen his family.

Ring Senitsianusa



Ring Senitsianusa discovered in the late 1700s, huge in size. The diameter of the gold ring is 2, 5 cm, and it weighs 12 grams - wear it could be perhaps that on top of the glove. This ring has an inscription in Latin: "Senitsianus, God bless you." A few decades after the discovery of this ring was found ancient Roman plaque that describes the history of this artifact. It was written by a Roman named Silvianus who complained to God Nodens that the ring had been stolen.

The label also has been written: "Let a man named Senitsianus who wears this ring will not increase health any shred until he returns to the ring temple Nodens". Scientists believe that this story may well be the prototype of "The Hobbit" famous stories, because the Oxford professor and aspiring author Tolkien was well acquainted with the history of the cursed ring.

Knut Maori


< br> Captain James Reddy Klendon was one of the first European settlers in New Zealand. He contributed to the establishment of contacts between the Maori and European colonizers, and later was chairman of First Bank of New Zealand and the first US Consul in that country. The house Klendona in Roin today you can see the whole exhibition items and artifacts, many of which have Maori origin.

One fingered visitor was clearly not aware of the fact that the majority of Maori artifacts bear the curse for its owner, if it is wrong to treat them. Stolen whip with handle made of whalebone, which belonged to the eldest son of Captain Klendona, returned less than a month after it was stolen. In an accompanying note read: "Take the damn thing. She brings a solid disaster. »

Egyptian carving



A certain German kidnapped in 2004 threads with hieroglyphic text during a visit to Egypt. Carving was returned to Egypt embassy in Berlin stepson man, because he could not do it, because he died. Soon after returning from a trip to a man suddenly paralyzed and he had a fever. After that, he was diagnosed with cancer is not clear from grafted, and soon the German just died. The artifact was returned in the hope that "the human soul find peace in the other world" and to "liberate stepson and all the other relatives of the person guilty in the eyes of the gods»

Stones from the battlefield at Gettysburg.



As the ancient excavations at Pompeii, park rangers at Gettysburg receive dozens of parcels every year, in which they sent twigs, stones and other "souvenirs" that were stolen from the place of the former battle. Moreover, all parcels were accompanied by letters that damned thing. One such unfortunate lover gift suffered a work related injury, a few operations, and then his wife left him. Another lost his wife, son, and the house, and then all went to prison for nine years.

City cemetery Virginia



In 1867, in the old mining town of Virginia City, Nevada built a cemetery, because before that the bodies were buried anywhere around the city. However, as soon as there was a strange problem - many gravestones began to disappear from the cemetery. Then gravestones began to return back. It turns out that without exception, the tombstones were stealing for quite mundane things - are doing the door, garden ornaments, etc. But then at the kidnappers began to crumble one after another misfortune: from financial problems before the divorce and death... Thieves have begun to return the tombstones, to get rid of the curse.

Indian artifacts from Blanding



Since its founding in 1905, Mormon settlers, the small town of Blanding, Utah has become known for its abundance of artifacts Anasazi culture. Since the 1960s, they began to plunder the looters. During the raid, the FBI more than 900 misappropriated artifacts were seized in 1986. In 2009, after an FBI raid some of the most prominent citizens of the city were arrested, including the brother of the local sheriff and Dr. Jim Redd. Redd committed suicide the next day, and two other people are also involved in the crime, did the same in a few months.

Vigango



Guohua - old male society in the Kenyan tribe Mijikenda peoples. Experienced carvers make complex sculptures of solid wood, known as "vidango". It is believed that these sculptures embody the spirit of the deceased. Vigango very much appreciated in the West, and they pay a lot of money. But, as the Kenyans do not sell these sacred sculptures, sometimes they simply steal. Curse vigango comprehends not the thieves, but the tribe.

Vigango should regularly make sacrifices and gifts, and they should never be collected from the place where they were installed. Anthropologist and researcher, who visited the tribe in 1999, found that several statues have disappeared. After this, the drought, and some members of the tribe have died mysteriously. After several years of misery statue returned tribe.

Petrified Forest



In the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona temptation to acquire souvenir high, as nowhere else, such as souvenirs just everywhere. But few people know that since 1934, came to the park for at least 1200 packages with returns of these souvenirs. When they were writing, explaining these refunds so that people privozyaschih souvenirs home, sharply started "black band", and in everything.

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