If conspiracy theorists are to be believed, a Greek sculpture created in 100 B.C. could prove that time travel exists, as it depicts what appear to be a modern-day laptop, complete with two USB ports.
"I am not saying that this is depicting an ancient laptop computer," StillSpeakingOut, a conspiracy theorist who publishes online videos, said in a YouTube video released in 2014, according to the Daily Mail. "But when I look at the sculpture I can't help but think about the Oracle of Delphi, which was supposed to allow the priests to connect with the gods to retrieve advanced information and various aspects."
The controversial statue is called "Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant," and it is currently being exhibited at the The J. Paul Getty Museum in California. People who have seen the sculpture have taken photographs, which are now being circulated in social media, Express reported.
Wax tablets were commonly used for writing in ancient Greece, and artworks such as sculptures and painting often depict them being used. However, the Grave Naiskos sculpture was not shown with a stylus, as was customary. In addition, the object is too thick to be a wax tablet, and the titular enthroned woman is touching the lid as if it is a touch screen display, theorists argued.
Historians, however, are not convinced. They argue that the object in question is only a shallow chest, which is what the sculpture's description states in the Getty Museum exhibit. "The depiction of the deceased reaching out for an item held by a servant has a long history in Greek funerary art and probably alludes to the hope of continuing earthly pleasures in the afterlife," it explained.
