Oops! 'Ancient' Jerusalem relic fools archaeologists

The Weber Isis Beamer

This strange "artifact" discovered six months ago in a Jerusalem cemetery has baffled the experts, but now Facebook users have set the record straight – and probably disappointed a lot of fans of biblical archaeology.

The gold-covered, scepter-shaped object, discovered by a groundskeeper at a local cemetery, was first considered a possible bomb. Police, who determined the 17.5-pound, solid-metal object was not an explosive device, turned it over to Israel's Antiquities Authority.

Previously, remains have been found in the cemetery dating back to Roman, Byzantine and Crusader periods, reported Britain's Guardian.

Amir Ganor, the authority's director of theft prevention, said the object was X-rayed and subjected to metalurgical analysis, but none of the experts recognized the object or could determine its use.

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Stumped, Ganor decided to use social media to gather suggestions as to the scepter's identity.

And the suggestions poured in, including speculation it might have been an ancient instrument used to inseminate cattle, a rolling pin or some kind of relic from the Jerusalem Temple. Ganor said he had considered the object might have been used at the biblical site.

Within hours, hundreds of Facebook users solved the mystery. But alas, the object has no connection to the Temple. It's not a scepter. It's not even ancient.

It's a "Weber Isis Beamer," a New Age device that its German manufacturer claims creates a "protective field" against radiation and is used by "naturopaths and people dealing with energy healing." The name Isis refers to the Egyptian goddess of medicine, magic and nature.

The Weber Isis Beamer is sold in a variety of sizes at prices ranging from $75 to $1,100.

The company makes the "energy harmonizer" in a variety of sizes, ranging from a small pendant that sells for approximately $75 to the largest size, selling for more than $1,000. The jumbo-sized Weber, claims the seller, "may harmonize even extremely strong geopathic and electromagnetic radiation fields."

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According to Weber, "They are Feng Shui devices, and they can be used for the harmonization of rooms, houses and buildings. Due to the selected metals (brass and gold), their specific wavelength and their particular form-radiation, they can be adapted to harmonize electromagnetic pollution (electrosmog) and geopathic stress.

"Beamers therefore can have a positive effect on humans, animals, plants and the whole environment. We sell these devices for 20 years worldwide. Since the 1990s, we have produced about 50,000 units, and we have sold them on all continents."

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The Antiquities Authority is asking whoever buried the object in the cemetery to make contact and offer an explanation for placing it in an ancient structure at the cemetery, including "whom of the dead they wished to give positive energy."

The Weber company issued a statement suggesting "the person who had buried the Weber Isis®-Beamer there, probably had the intention that the positive effects of the Beamer should contribute and support the peace process in Israel."

Additionally, Weber wanted all to know it has no association with a now more-famous ISIS: "The name of Weber Isis® is a registered trademark in the German Patent Office since 1995. The name Weber Isis® has nothing to do with the so-called 'Islamic State,' which calls itself also 'Isis' or 'IS.' We cannot change the names of all of our products and our company because of it. We carry that name for 20 years now, even before the so-called 'Islamic State' established itself. We dissociate ourselves also from being brought into connection with them."