The Baghdad Battery

In 1938 an unassuming clay pot in the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad was found to house a secret inside. The iron core and copper sleeve would have allowed it to store an electrical charge of approximately 1.1 volts. Although there is no solid evidence of what such batteries might have been used for, it is suggested they may have been used for electroplating. Electrical engineers also siggest that so-called “Snake Stones” from an Egyptian temple sugget lights that wouldhave needed an electrical source.