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Mysteries of the Abandoned

These cavesare simple. Small shelvesprovide places to sleep, but the peoplewho dug these...

[narrator] These caves
are simple. Small shelves
provide places to sleep, but the people
who dug these holes built another room. One dedicated
to a new religion. [Mehmet] This is where
Christian believers worshiped. It's a temple
and was used as a sanctuary

Full Transcript

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[narrator] These caves are simple.
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Small shelves provide places to sleep,
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but the people who dug these holes
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built another room.
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One dedicated to a new religion.
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[Mehmet] This is where Christian believers worshiped.
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It's a temple and was used as a sanctuary.
Duration
21 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:04
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
10
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 • E08 [Steven] Once the Aztec Empire - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Steven] Once the Aztec Empire
S09 • E13 [narrator] Yet, the neglected remains yield little indication - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[narrator] Yet, the neglected remains yield little indicatio...
S09 • E18 [Auerbach] At first you might think they're power lines, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Auerbach] At first you might think they're power lines...
S09 • E16 So that's happened a lot to the other structures as well. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
So that's happened a lot to the other structures as wel...
S09 • E06 [narrator] Oana Chirila is a Romanian architect. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] Oana Chirila is a Romanian architect.
S09 • E07 [Geoff] You're struck by the sheer extent - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[Geoff] You're struck by the sheer extent
S09 • E05 And where does it lead? - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And where does it lead?
S09 • E02 [narrator] In the late 1940s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:36
[narrator] In the late 1940s,
S09 • E15 [narrator] And two miles inland - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] And two miles inland
S09 • E11 [narrator] Sandeep Sharma is a local historian fascinated by this site's past. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] Sandeep Sharma is a local historian fascinated by...
S09 • E04 60 miles south, the ancient city of Babylon - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
60 miles south, the ancient city of Babylon
S09 • E16 [narrator] Yet this isn't evidence of war destruction. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] Yet this isn't evidence of war destruction.
S09 • E18 [Meigs] The cable cars look like something you'd find at a ski area, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Meigs] The cable cars look like something you'd find a...
S09 • E01 [Jim] Who would put in so much effort, so much time, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Jim] Who would put in so much effort, so much time,
S09 • E21 And I get to talk to people about the things that the ship did. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
And I get to talk to people about the things that the ship d...
S09 • E14 [narrator] A bird insignia could be a clue - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] A bird insignia could be a clue
S09 • E13 [Jim] There's trees growing out of the ruins, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Jim] There's trees growing out of the ruins,
S09 • E19 [narrator] For centuries, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] For centuries,
S09 • E06 When I first came here, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
When I first came here,
S09 • E04 Archeologist Hussein Falih - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Archeologist Hussein Falih