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The UnMuseum - Bagdad Battery (542 words) |
 | It is unclear if Konig dug the object up himself or located it within the holdings of the museum, but it is known that it was found, with several others, at a place called Khujut Rabu, just outside Baghdad. |
| Khujut Rabu was a settlement of a people called the Parthians. |
| While the Parthians were excellent fighters, they had not been noted for their technological achievements and some reseachers have suggested they obtained the batteries from someone else. |
| AKRI : Museum : Knowledge : Ancient Knowledge (1965 words) |
| In 1936 Iraqi railway labourers digging near Baghdad at Khujut Rabu discovered a small clay pot with an asphalt stopper. |
| The 15 cm high by 9 cm wide vessel was found to be hollow apart from an iron rod surrounded by a cylinder of copper, in many ways resembling a modern electrical cell or battery. |
| The Khujut Rabu region around Baghdad where the find was made is known to have been settled by the Parthians around the time of the dating. |
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