SPONSOR INFO Special thanks to Ground News for sponsoring this video! Check em out using the link below. It helps me, it helps you and it helps them! Compare news coverage. Spot media bias. Avoid algorithms. Be well informed. Download the free Ground News app at https://ground.news/miniminuteman VIDEO INFO In this episode of Awful Archaeology we discuss the mysterious discovery known as The Baghdad Battery. This artifact was unearthed from the ancient city of Al-Madain and has been identified by conspiracy theorists and scientists alike as the remains of an ancient battery. Join me as we unravel the mystery surrounding this ancient piece of history as we uncover what it was, what it wasn't and what it could have been. If you want to create your own ice cold Baghdad Battery Cocktail, check out this recipe, generously created by https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDr6R71EsVFad_jGxbHoGaw https://twitter.com/miniminuteman/status/1553822178579292162?s=20&t=XoVdLYBSGJU_5aEzEKSd3Q Also subscribe to my second channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5RWamfpAbQ THANK YOUS A HUGE thank you to Teon for his help in making this videos amazing cocktail. Check out all his beautiful creations here! https://www.tiktok.com/@newportrifoodie Special thanks to my Patrons for making this video possible! Patrons get early, ad-free access to all of my videos as a token of my gratitude. Thank you to my wonderful editor Gian and to my research assistant AkariKuzu for their hard work in making this video happen. CITATIONS AND REFERENCES https://corrosion-doctors.org/Batteries/Baghdad-Battery.htm https://www.uh.edu/engines/epi1972.htm http://www.unmuseum.org/bbattery.htm https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/the-mystery-of-the-baghdad-battery/ http://www.badarchaeology.com/out-of-place-artefacts/anomalously-old-technology/the-%E2%80%98batteries-of-babylon%E2%80%99/ https://www.nmfrc.org/pdf/psf2002/050284.pdf https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/BF03214732.pdf https://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/30/zinc#:~:text=In%201668%2C%20a%20Flemish%20metallurgist,it%20as%20a%20new%20metal. https://www.tiktok.com/@dastarchild/video/7041169560682220805?_t=8TsthwT92de&_r=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVaZ-ZHtfn0 https://theconversation.com/fifteen-years-after-looting-thousands-of-artefacts-are-still-missing-from-iraqs-national-museum-93949 https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-war-archeology-invasion/555200/