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    The document summarizes three ancient artifacts: the Voynich Manuscript, an undeciphered 15th-16th century book; the Baghdad Battery, clay jars from ancient Iraq that may have functioned as electric batteries over 2000 years ago; and the Saqqara Bird, a wooden carving from ancient Egypt that resembles a glider more than a bird. Key details provided about each artifact include when and where they were found, their approximate sizes, and estimated ages dating back over 2000 years.

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    The document summarizes three ancient artifacts: the Voynich Manuscript, an undeciphered 15th-16th century book; the Baghdad Battery, clay jars from ancient Iraq that may have functioned as electric batteries over 2000 years ago; and the Saqqara Bird, a wooden carving from ancient Egypt that resembles a glider more than a bird. Key details provided about each artifact include when and where they were found, their approximate sizes, and estimated ages dating back over 2000 years.

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    The document summarizes three ancient artifacts: the Voynich Manuscript, an undeciphered 15th-16th century book; the Baghdad Battery, clay jars from ancient Iraq that may have functioned as electric batteries over 2000 years ago; and the Saqqara Bird, a wooden carving from ancient Egypt that resembles a glider more than a bird. Key details provided about each artifact include when and where they were found, their approximate sizes, and estimated ages dating back over 2000 years.

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    Voynich Manuscript (An strange book)

    Others think the whole manuscript must be a very complicated (and expensive) joke. No
    one knows for sure where it came from, but many experts believe it was made in
    Europe, sometime between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries.

    Baghdad Battery (An very old electric battery)

    So it seems possible that electric batteries were used in the ancient world, nearly 2000
    years before their invention by Alessandro Volta in 1800.

    Saqqara Bird (A wood model of a bird)

    It has wings like an airplane, not a bird. The ancient Egyptians often made small models
    of things they planned to build,

    Voynich Manuscript (An strange book)

    Place found: Frascati, near Rome


    When found: In 1921
    Size: 25 by 18cm, with 235 pages.
    Age: 111 year

    Baghdad Battery (An very old electric battery)

    Place found: A village near Baghdad.


    When found: IN the 1930s
    Size: 15 cm
    Age: About 2000 years

    Saqqara Bird (A wood model of a bird)

    Place found: In Saqqara.


    When found: In 1898.
    Size: About 18cm
    Age: over 2000 years ago

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