Mystery Of Peculiar Nail With Six Faces And Six Eyes

[Skywizard]

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This artifact is very peculiar and intriguing. It is a small nail with six faces and six eyes. Can you solve this ancient
mystery? Why are there only six eyes and not twelve?The nail was found in Borgholm, Öland, Sweden.

At the top of the nail, you can see the six faces. The entire nail is only 6,4 cm (2,1 inches). The top of the nail, where the faces are, is only 1 cm (0,39 inches).

The faces divide the eyes. It is unknown where the nail was produced, but most likely it is an ancient Roman artifact.

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Ancient nail with six faces and six eyes discovered in Öland, Sweden.


Source: http://www.messagetoeagle.com/ancient-mystery-peculiar-nail-six-faces-six-eyes-unusual-discovery-borgholm-castle-sweden/

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[DeDukshyn]

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[Bob]

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How about this link: http://historiska.se/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Sex-ansikten_artikel.jpg

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Six faces six eyes

Among all the museum's objects are many that are not always recognized. The small silver eel found in the area of ​​Borgholm, Oland is remarkable in its own way. Needle upper part is a massively shaped "head" around which there are six in each confluent faces. Each face each have their nose but there are only six eyes instead of 12. The faces parts of the eyes!




The needle serves as a three-dimensional image fixation. All faces wearing beards in the "Hellenic Spirit" as a Greek philosopher, or as some Roman emperors. (Emperor Marcus Aurelius 161-180 AD, also called the "philosopher on the throne" was the first emperor who wore a full beard).

From many parts of Europe have idols, and characters encountered that has sometimes three or four heads depicted but not as many as six.

The needle has been used as dräktnål and probably made somewhere in the former Roman Empire. The needle head is only about 1 cm in diameter and the entire needle length is 6.4 cm.

source: http://historiska.se/upptack-historien/artikel/sex-ansikten-med-sex-ogon-2/

[DeDukshyn]

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That one shows on a cache clear (F5) - which would simulate an initial visit - the OP images showed only after a refresh (only one page refresh needed though then I can see them). I've been getting this quite a lot lately with images here. You can't tell that images should be there - no broken image icon or anything - just no images. I find myself sometimes checking posts in "reply with quote" just to see if it should have images. Anyway no big deal :)

[Flash]

It looks like the heads I have seen in the underground water cistern of the old city of Byzance or Constantinople, now called Istanbul. But the faces are not on a needle, but rather on large stone columns holding the cistern ceilings. If I remember well, some had faces on the 4 sides, I just can't find any pic of these.

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