Did a 16th Century Dutch painter invent the iPhone? - from TRUNEWS

(TRUNEWS) During a public forum discussion at the Start-up Fest in Amsterdam, Apple CEO Tim Cook told European Commissioner Neelie Kroes that a 16^th Century Dutch painter may have first conceived the iPhone.

“Do you happen to know Tim, where and when the iPhone was invented?” Kroes asked Cook on stage. “You know, I thought I knew until last night,” Cook responded. “Last night Neelie took me over to look at some Rembrandt and in one of the paintings I was so shocked. There was an iPhone in one of the paintings,” Cook jokingly explained. “It’s tough to see but I swear it’s there.”

The painting Cook referenced was created by Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch and is titled “Man Hands a Letter to a Woman in a Hall.”

“Man Hands a Letter to a Woman in a Hall.” – Pieter de Hooch

In the painting, the man on the right is holding a picture, which also remarkably resembles a modern day iPhone. This left Cook saying, ”I always thought I knew when the iPhone was invented, but now I’m not so sure anymore.”

Officially, the first iPhone was released by Apple in 2007.

This intriguing coincidence is not the first potential example of advanced technology popping up in pre-modern history. In 1901 an artifact dubbed the “Antikythera mechanism” was recovered from a shipwreck off of Antikythera. When the device was analyzed with Xray technology by Scientist Derek de Solla Price in 1974, it was discovered that the mechanism was an ancient analog computer, produced likely between 150-250 BC. In contrast, it was not until the 14^th Century that comparable technology was produced in Europe.

Another example from history of advanced technology being found in the ancient world is the Baghdad Battery. In 1938 an Austrian archaeologist named Dr. Wilhelm Kong discovered samples of what seemed to be a rudimentary form of an energy storing battery in a museum in Baghdad, Iraq. After further investigation, Kong was able to pair his discovery with similar devices found throughout Iraq, China and Egypt, all dated between 220-320 BC.

These examples show the plausibility that ancient civilizations had a remarkably high level of technology, and in regard to the evil Babylonian Empire described in the Bible post-flood, they may have been demonically inspired to produce and utilized such technology.

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