| One day during a routine dig at the ancient Indian burial | | | | perfectly preserved cargos. Raising the question, |
| site, an archaeologist called Goddard, discovered one | | | | whether ancient Rome traded with Imperial China. |
| of the most famous out of place artifacts currently | | | | Many of today's great thinkers, who are trying to |
| known, "a silver Norwegian coin," dating back to the | | | | bridge a link between our past, and present often |
| reign of Olaf Kyrre, who ruled Norway between 1067- | | | | search for out of place artifacts,- as a way to |
| 1093 AD. | | | | re-evaluate our traditional view of history. |
| This to many people may not sound strange or | | | | Other less orthodox thinkers see out of place artifacts |
| improbable, but the Indian settlement was in the USA, | | | | as proof that we really do not know that much about |
| and is the only Norse pre-Columbian artifact found in | | | | our past, and consider some OPP-Art discoveries, like |
| the USA. Raising more questions, than answers, | | | | the "Baghdad Battery," as proof ancient civilizations |
| especially about speculation that Norsemen traded | | | | were more advanced than we thought. |
| with Indians, long before Columbus "discovered: the | | | | The "Goddard Coin," may not be absolute proof that |
| Americas in 1492. | | | | Norsemen discovered the Americas before Columbus, |
| Out of place artifacts also have been found in the | | | | but we can only imagine what the next mystery that |
| Dead Sea. When ancient Roman trading ships were | | | | challenges our orthodox view of history is- once |
| discovered on the bottom of the sea, their cargos still | | | | another out of place artifact is discovered. |
| intact, Chinese-style vases were seen amongst the | | | | |