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[narrator] Confronted by an overwhelming force
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Confrontedby an overwhelming force of Seljuk Turks, it fell to the queento inspire her...

[narrator] Confronted
by an overwhelming force of Seljuk Turks, it fell to the queen
to inspire her nervous troops. Queen Tamar is said
to have addressed her army here at Vardzia, walking barefoot
down to the valley floor, where her troops were amassed. The Georgians successfully
fought off the Seljuk Turks, and confirmed their status as the absolute power
in the Caucasus

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[narrator] Confronted by an overwhelming force
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of Seljuk Turks,
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it fell to the queen to inspire her nervous troops.
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Queen Tamar is said to have addressed her army
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here at Vardzia,
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walking barefoot down to the valley floor,
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where her troops were amassed.
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The Georgians successfully fought off the Seljuk Turks,
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and confirmed their status
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as the absolute power in the Caucasus.
Duration
27 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:37
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
20
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E10 And the government even refused to install - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
And the government even refused to install
S09 • E09 We don't know how it was started. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
We don't know how it was started.
S09 • E19 And certainly by 1250, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
And certainly by 1250,
S09 • E16 [Sascha] Under the cover of darkness, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Sascha] Under the cover of darkness,
S09 • E10 [narrator] It wasn't long before tragedy struck again in 1958. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] It wasn't long before tragedy struck again i...
S09 • E11 Right now, we're at the very end of the long underground passageway. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
Right now, we're at the very end of the long undergroun...
S09 • E11 Its purpose was to connect the overhead castle to the bottom of the moat. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
Its purpose was to connect the overhead castle to the bottom...
S09 • E22 As the city grew, so did the halo of light - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
As the city grew, so did the halo of light
S09 • E06 [narrator] The popularity of Frey Bentos - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] The popularity of Frey Bentos
S09 • E02 It's almost as if - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
It's almost as if
S09 • E01 [Rob] It seems mad that they'd completely destroy - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Rob] It seems mad that they'd completely destroy
S09 • E18 [Prof. Mitchell] Big trawler ships came in with advanced sonar, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Prof. Mitchell] Big trawler ships came in with advanced son...
S09 • E19 [Landdeck] The theories today about the Wupatki Pueblo - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[Landdeck] The theories today about the Wupatki Pueblo
S09 • E16 And they go right up to Austria-Hungary's first dreadnought, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
And they go right up to Austria-Hungary's first dreadno...
S09 • E03 [narrator] After Dippel's death, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
[narrator] After Dippel's death,
S09 • E10 Cut off and with no telephone, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
Cut off and with no telephone,
S09 • E11 Thanks to these two firing posts, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
Thanks to these two firing posts,
S09 • E22 And with each new streetlight and home - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
And with each new streetlight and home
S09 • E14 [speaking foreign language] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[speaking foreign language]
S09 • E05 [Jasper] You know, Hurricane Iniki was out there, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Jasper] You know, Hurricane Iniki was out there,