A carving of a bicycle was found in ancient ruins—what could this mean?
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Perhaps the bicycle has been invented for far longer than historians may have previously thought. While exploring a 2000-year-old ancient temple in India, an archaeologist named Dr. R. Kalaikovan discovered the image of someone riding a bike sculpted into part of the Meenakshi Amman temple.
“After the prayer, while taking a look around, I came across the carving of a bicycle on a pillar behind the Amman temple,” Dr. Kalaikovan stated in an article for The Hindu. “It was so funny and intriguing to see the picture of a cycle in an ancient temple. But neither the officials nor the scholar who wrote its history, were able to explain how it came there. I started researching this fact,” he wrote.
Taking to Twitter, a fellow researcher and videographer captured the bizarre finding, writing, "Found a Bicycle carved in a 2000 year old #temple. According to historians, bikes were invented 200 years ago. So how was it carved in #ancient times? Are we looking at evidence of advanced ancient technology?"
Found a Bicycle carved in a 2000 year old #temple. According to historians, bikes were invented 200 years ago. So how was it carved in #ancient times? Are we looking at evidence of advanced ancient technology? Watch full video ???????? https://t.co/UotIpXPSo3#IncredibleIndia #Hindu pic.twitter.com/r0MDLcmVRH
— ᏢᏒᎪᏉᎬᎬᏁ mᎾhᎪᏁ???? (@PraveenMohanET) July 21, 2018
Perhaps the bicycle is not nearly as modern as we may have previously thought. What else could be hiding among the ruins?