The mistery of Turovich's needle - the purest iron in the world

Nević Nenad

The Living Force
Translation in the quotes corrected by me.

http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arheo-amateri.rs%2F2013%2F09%2Fmisterija-turoviceve-igle-najcistije-gvozde-na-svetu%2F


Science has no valid explanation of how our ancestors in the 14th century. century BC got totally clean metal, without any impurity, which is impossible to achieve even with today's technology

Turović's needle, Sceptre of pure, stainless iron from 14. centuries BC, which was found in 1999. on the hill Hisar near the town of Leskovac, is sort of a technological miracle, because modern metallurgy has not yet reached level of development that can produce iron of such purity. It made scientists to ponder, but also gave the boost to the supporters of alternative theories, such as those that there were on Earth in the distant past civilizations more developed than ours today.

The stainless "needle", length 64.5 cm, approx. 33 centuries old, which today is kept in the safe of the archaeological Institute in Belgrade, is named after the amateur archaeologist Šćepan Turović, who accidentally found it on the bottom of one of the pits.

When this strange object was cleared from the mud, there was no sign of corrosion, and analysis at the Institute of nuclear sciences'in Vinca, and the lab of the steel plant 'Sartid' have shown that it is made of pure iron, without impurity of other metals, making it exceptional in the world scale. Thereby, excluded the possibility of a meteorite iron, which contains nickel, but here there is none, or even so-called natural iron, because iron is not found in nature in this level of purity.

– In order to check the results obtained in Vinca, we got the American iron talon of elemental iron to attest, and tested under the same conditions as "needle". To our surprise, it turned out that American pure iron, unlike items from Leskovac, contains traces of other metals. New shock followed when an x-ray machine, ultra-modern at 'Sartid' established that the needle was made of compact iron, no trace of corrosion and cavities, which usually are the items produced under pressure from several thousand tons. Try to imagine what revolution would cause the discovery of formula of lasting protection against corrosion. We would have eternal metal, such as gold and Platinum, that can be infinitely recycled, which would have far-reaching positive implications, from economic to environmental – explains Professor doctor Milorad Stojich, Director of Archaeological Institute in Belgrade, who was main director for researches on Hisar hill for a few years.

Scepter of power

Although scientists have tested most of the iron objects found on the site, including one that is similar to the needle, none of them were even close to the quality to the one which Turović found. According to Stojić, the so-called stainless "needle" was most likely used as a staff of power, a status symbol that pointed out the great dignity of his owner.

– It would take decades of work to hammer forge such stainless item, and an old metallurgical experts certainly didn't invested so much effort to make some sort of a decorative pin. Especially since, at that time the iron was worth more than gold, considering its rarity and difficulty of obtaining.

Archaeological research on Hisar was started in 1999. years, little before Scepan Turović found non-corrosion "needle". At that time on this hill was discovered the remains of a large village of "Brnjicka" cultural group, which was later found to be the oldest Center of ferrous metallurgy in Europe and one of the oldest in the world.

Brnjička culture is evolving, from 1350. until about 1050 BC in the area of southwestern Serbia, in Kosovo, and in the basin of the South Morava, the eastern parts of present-day Bulgaria, and is named so by the first found the site in Kosovo.

– One of the first people to develop and at one time held a monopoly on iron metallurgy were the Hittites. Hittite's iron was marked as the Royal metal, because it is the exclusive right to produce and distribute the Court had, and it was worth as much as gold. Although before the discovery of Hisar were those who believed that at that time there was iron metallurgy in Europe independent of Hitit, but there was no evidence for that claim. It was found, however, a few iron objects, but no evidence of local production of iron. However, the Hisar have rounded iron metallurgy production cycle – pieces of iron ore, hundreds of gear for the grinding, the pit for production of coal, ceramic parts of blow pipes to encourage fire, until the midterm and final products, which is a discovery of world importance, says Stojic.

Judging by the available archaeological holdings, on this locality there was one of the main settlements of "Brnjička" culture. Protected walls and control of the most important roads and had the privilege to supply exotic goods such as pistachios, and most likely wine, olive oil, etc.

Scientists assume that this powerful culture served as a basis for the development of Dardanian ethno culture, one of the old Balkan's people, and there are indications that the people of "Brnjička" culture encouraged or participated directly in the Doric migrations, which resulted in the formation of a population that had sprung to be ancient Greeks.

Although it was once planned to be the first part of the ethno-arcaelogical park, the project has not yet been accomplished. Scepan Turović, except that the stainless steel Scepter was called by him, didn't get any recognition for his discovery.
 
Hi Avala,

when visiting Delhi I saw the iron pillar which is also famous for not rusting. It is said to have some phosphorus content, though, beside pure iron.

Interestingly, the inscription placed on the pillar seems to describe a cometary event attributed to a legendary king!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_pillar_of_Delhi

The inscription has been revisited by Michael Willis in his book Archaeology of Hindu Ritual, his special concern being the nature of the king's spiritual identity after death. His reading and translation is as follows:[15]

[khi]nnasyeva visṛjya gāṃ narapater ggām āśritasyetarāṃ mūrtyā karrmajitāvaniṃ gatavataḥ kīrtyā sthitasya kṣitau [*|]

śāntasyeva mahāvane hutabhujo yasya pratāpo mahān nādyāpy utsṛjati praṇāśitaripor yyatnasya śeṣaḥ kṣitim [||*]

The residue of the king's effort –a burning splendour which utterly destroyed his enemies– leaves not the earth even now, just like (the residual heat of) a burned-out conflagration in a great forest. He, as if wearied, has abandoned this world, and resorted in actual form to the other world – a place won by the merit of his deeds – (and although) he has departed, he remains on earth through (the memory of his) fame (kīrti).

He concludes: "Candragupta may have passed away but the legacy of his achievement is so great that he seems to remain on earth by virtue of his fame. Emphasis is placed on Candragupta’s conquest of enemies and the merit of his deeds, ideas which are also found in coin legends: kṣitim avajitya sucaritair divaṃ jayati vikramādityaḥ, i.e. ‘Having conquered the earth with good conduct, Vikramāditya conquered heaven’.[16] The king’s conquest of heaven combined with the description of him resorting to the other world in bodily form (gām āśritasyetarāṃ mūrtyā), confirms our understanding of the worthy dead as autonomous theomorphic entities."
 
Back
Top Bottom