The Baghdad Battery is believed to be about 2000 years old (from the Parthian period, roughly 250 BCE to CE 250). The jar was found in Khujut Rabu just outside Baghdad and is composed of a clay jar ...

The Baghdad Battery was discovered in 1936 at Khujut Rabu, near Baghdad, Iraq, not far from the historical metropolis of Ctesiphon, the capital city during both the Parthian (150 BC – 223 AD ...

Almost 60 years after the discovery, the Baghdad Battery is still an enigma. The Parthians, who were the people who lived around that era, were known for their expertise in warfare but not for any ...

In 1936, while constructing a railway near Baghdad (once part of Iran’s mighty Parthian Empire), workers stumbled upon what appeared to be an ancient battery, now famously known as the Parthian ...

A Baghdad battery is not a brand of car battery you can grab off the shelf at your local auto parts store, but the story surrounding these so-called bygone "batteries" is as perplexing as trying ...

And one of the most intriguing artifacts in the history of electricity is the device pictured above, discovered near Baghdad in 1936. The Parthian Battery was a clay jar filled with vinegar ...

Anyway, here’s what we know. The battery is based on an ancient battery called the Baghdad Battery. The ancient battery supposedly used iron and copper with a mystery electrolyte. The scrap ...

In 1936, four 5-inch-tall ceramic jars were found about 20 miles southeast of modern-day Baghdad, and these mysterious ... is filled with a weak acid, the “battery” makes about 1 volt of ...