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Mysteries of the Abandoned

They were very beautiful. The orchid isin some waythe most sensuous of plants and that...

They were very beautiful. [Zaira speaking Spanish] [Jim] The orchid is
in some way
the most sensuous of plants and that appealed to
James' sensibility

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They were very beautiful.
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[Zaira speaking Spanish]
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[Jim] The orchid is in some way the most sensuous of plants
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and that appealed to James' sensibility.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
39
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:24
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
1
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 • E11 And as he climbed, he was beheaded. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
And as he climbed, he was beheaded.
S09 • E17 But they're not nearly as intensive about fortifying Sicily? - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
But they're not nearly as intensive about fortifying Si...
S09 • E10 [narrator] The legend says that Constantine - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] The legend says that Constantine
S09 • E13 There were bars and brothels and entertainment joints - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
There were bars and brothels and entertainment joints
S09 • E14 [narrator] Nuclear electromagnetic pulses - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:35
[narrator] Nuclear electromagnetic pulses
S09 • E16 [Katherine] They had rushed planes to nearby airfields - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[Katherine] They had rushed planes to nearby airfields
S09 • E06 And when Franz Joseph came here, in 1852, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
And when Franz Joseph came here, in 1852,
S09 • E09 There's no good explanation other than just pure cruelty. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
There's no good explanation other than just pure cruelt...
S09 • E11 His head, struck off by a sword, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
His head, struck off by a sword,
S09 • E17 [narrator] It can, in part, be explained by a daring Allied deception. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] It can, in part, be explained by a daring Allied ...
S09 • E19 There's a very good reason why he's painted on these walls. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
There's a very good reason why he's painted on the...
S09 • E03 The one thing that they did leave - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
The one thing that they did leave
S09 • E07 [narrator] This is the Josip Broz Tito Political School. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
[narrator] This is the Josip Broz Tito Political School.
S09 • E08 [Steven] This is the aqueduct of Padre Tembleque, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Steven] This is the aqueduct of Padre Tembleque,
S09 • E21 [narrator] Ivo Maev is a journalist - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] Ivo Maev is a journalist
S09 • E15 [narrator] Many watched as the powerful quake - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] Many watched as the powerful quake
S09 • E01 [narrator] Las Pozas was the perfect place - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] Las Pozas was the perfect place
S09 • E19 [dramatic music playing] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:53
[dramatic music playing]
S09 • E06 And that's when this area really started to come into its own. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
And that's when this area really started to come into i...
S09 • E22 [narrator] Samuel would sta up here most nights. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
[narrator] Samuel would sta up here most nights.