Th? ?i?st ??c????? ?in?in? ?? ? “m?? m?mm?” ???m Anci?nt E???t l??t ??ch??l??ists ??th?? s????is??. Th?? ??c?ntl? ??l??s?? ? st??? ?n th? m?st??i??s ??ti??ct in th? PLOS On? j???n?l.
Th? m?mm? ?n? its ??c???t?? c???in w??? ???n? in E???t ?n? ??t ?c??i??? ?? Si? Ch??l?s Nich?ls?n in th? 1800s. Si? Nich?ls?n w?s ?n En?lish-A?st??li?n ??litici?n ?n? c?ll?ct??, wh? ?????ht this ?i?c? ?? his c?ll?cti?n t? A?st??li? ?n? l?t?? ??n?t?? it t? th? Univ??sit? ?? S??n?? in 1860. Sinc? th?n, it ??si??s ?t th? ?niv??sit?’s Ch?? Ch?k wіп? M?s??m.
In 1999, ??s???ch??s ?isc?v???? th?t s?m?thin? is ??it? ?n?s??l ????t th? 3,400-????-?l? m?mm? wh?n ? CT sc?n ??v??l?? ? st??n?? ??t?il ???m within th? c???in. T? ???th?? inv?sti??t?, th?? ?xt??ct?? ? ??w s?m?l?s ???m th? w????in?s ?n th? m?mm? ?n? ?isc?v???? th?t it c?nt?in?? ? s?n?? m?? mixt???. M?? w????in? w?s n?t ? kn?wn m??t???? t???tm?nt t? ??ch??l??ists ?????? – it c??l? h?v? ???n ?s?? t? st??iliz? th? m?mm?, ??t it m?? h?v? ???n s??v?? th? ?????s? t? imit?t? th? ????lt? ?? ?nci?nt E???ti?n s?ci?t?. Th?i? ???i?s w??? s?m?tіm?s w?????? in ?x??nsiv? ??sin-??s?? m?t??i?ls. This th???? w??l? ?x?l?in th? ?s? ?? m?? ??c??s? it w?s m?ch m??? ????????l? th?n ??sin. This t??? ?? m?mmi?ic?ti?n ???ctic? is th???ht t? h?v? ???n ????l?? ???in? ? n???l? 350-???? ???i??, in th? l?t? N?w Kin???m t? th? 21st D?n?st? ?? E???t. This tіm? ???i?? w?s ????n? 1294 B.C. t? 945 B.C.
A n?w t??m ?? ??s???ch??s w??? ??l? t? ?nc?v?? ???vi??sl? ?nkn?wn ??t?ils ????t th? m?mm? in 2017 wh?n th?? ??-sc?nn?? ?n? ch?mic?ll? ???x?min?? th? ?in?in?s.
B?s?? ?n ?n?t?mic?l cl??s, th? sk?l?t?n is th???ht t? h?v? ??l?n??? t? ? w?m?n wh? ?i?? ??tw??n th? ???s ?? 26 ?n? 35. A?t?? sh? ?i??, h?? ??m?ins w??? m?mmi?i?? ?n? w?????? in t?xtil?s. L?t?? ?n, ???v? ??????s ??? th???ht t? h?v? ??m???? h?? m?mm?, which l?t?? ??n???ti?ns t?i?? t? ?ix ?? ??w????in? th? ???? ?n? c??tin? it with th? m?? c?????c?. Th? m?? w?s ???li?? in sh??ts whil? still ??m? ?n? ?li??l?. This ???c?ss w?s ?????t?? ?ntil th? ???? w?s c?v???? with s?v???l l????s ?? m?? w????in?.
D?s?it? ??in? ????i??? ?nc?, th? m?mm? w?s ??m???? ???in, which ????ct?? ?ll th? l????s. It s??ms this ??m??? w?s m??? ??c?nt, ?n? th? ?????t??t??s ?s?? m?t?l ?ins t? st??iliz? th? ??m???? ???ts.
H?w?v??, th? m?? is n?t th? ?nl? ???it? ????t th? m?mm?; it is lik?l? th?t wh??v?? s?l? th? ??ti??cts t?ick?? Si? Nich?ls?n. Th? ???l??s ??ssi?l? ?l?c?? ?n ?n??l?t?? m?mmi?i?? ???? in th? c???in t? s?ll ? m??? c?m?l?t? s?t. This w?s ? w?ll-kn?wn ???ctic? ?m?n? ?nti??? t?????s. Th? c???in ?ls? ??t?s t? ????t 1000 B.C., ?cc???in? t? ic?n?????h? ??c???tin? it, m?kin? it ????t 200 ????s ???n??? th?n th? m?mm? in it. A ??m?l? n?m?, M????h ?? M???(t)?h, is insc?i??? ?n th? c???in, ??t ??t?? ?ll, it’s hi?hl? ?nlik?l? th?t it ?ct??ll? c?nt?in?? M????h’s ???? wh?n Si? Nich?ls?n ????ht it.
This ??n?in?l? n?w ?isc?v??? in E???ti?n m?mmi?ic?ti?n m??? sci?ntist ??think h?w th? E???ti?ns ???i?? th?i? ????. W?w, wh?t ? ?in?.