Archaeologists sometimes get a bit overeager about their discoveries, announcing them to the world before they've done enough research to avoid embarrassment.
However, if the discovery was actually made by a maintenance worker any archaeologists working on the site should think twice before announcing that discovery to the world.
Case in point- this strange and majestic looking golden object was discovered by a maintenance worker in a cemetery in Jerusalem, which immediately made archaeologists and historians drool with delight.
They spent six months "researching" the object but got no closer to solving the mystery, so they posted photos of the gold scepter on Facebook to ask for help.
And help came quickly, as user Micha Barak solved the mystery in a flash with this ad:
Rather than accepting their "oops!" moment the Israeli Antiquity Authorities issued this statement:
The object, which is produced by a German company, is called ‘Isis Beamer’ after the Egyptian goddess Isis. In Egyptian mythology she was the goddess of medicine, magic and nature. We hope that those responsible for hiding the object in the cemetery will contact us and inform us why it was buried in an ancient structure and to whom of the dead they wished to give positive energy.
Nice save!
-Via Gizmodo