Ancient Greek statue from 100BC of ‘woman on laptop’ sparks time travel theory

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An Ancient Greek statue dating back to around 100BC has caused massive chaos among time travelconspiracy theorists.

The 37-inch marble statue was discovered in Greece and given the snappy name of Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant.

The statue shows a woman sitting in what appears to be an armchair while an attendant – or slave – holds some kind of folding item.

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The item clearly looks like a laptop, and appears to have some kind of USB port-type holes of the side of it.

It can be seen on display inside the J Paul Getty Museum in California, United States.

And recent images of it have sparked mad theories, with some adamant that it really is a laptop that the woman is looking at.

One person on Twitter wrote: “Is this ancient Greek statue showing a laptop proof of time travel?”

And a second posted: “ Ohhh, look it even has two USB ports.”

A third added: “Is this ancient Greek statue proof someone took a laptop back in time (or is it a TABLET?)”

Several users were quick to point out that it could actually have been a double-sided mirror, which were common in ancient Greek times.

However, the Getty Institute put forward a very simple explanation for what the item is – and it has nothing to do with time travel or technology of any kind.

Although, they do admit that the “shallow box” raises “several questions”.

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They claim: “The two holes apparent on its base are evidence of an ancient repair, perhaps in the form of two metal pins intended to hold a now lost marble component in place.

“The thinness of the box indicates that, like many works of ancient art, this relief was not intended as a photographic depiction of reality, but to convey the wealth and status of the deceased.

“Although the box appears too shallow to hold anything substantial, we can identify it as a jewelry box by comparison with other funerary reliefs that depict women pulling ribbons or jewelry out of larger, more naturalistic boxes.”

So, it is not a laptop, not a tablet, not a mirror and might be a jewelry box.

We're sure that kind of clarity will stop the time travel conspiracy theorists . . .

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