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Strangest Things

From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.

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The idea that there were
somehow Vikings - Strangest Things

The idea that there were somehow Vikings

[narrator] So, it seems
to have all the right parts, - Strangest Things

[narrator] So, it seems to have all the right parts,

Scientific research
has finally tested this idea. - Strangest Things

Scientific research has finally tested this idea.

[narrator] Extraordinary claims - Strangest Things

[narrator] Extraordinary claims

People have done a reconstruction
of the Baghdad Battery - Strangest Things

People have done a reconstruction of the Baghdad Battery

Stood for something
that helps the sun - Strangest Things

Stood for something that helps the sun

[narrator] The dark brown
staining of all the finds - Strangest Things

[narrator] The dark brown staining of all the finds

[dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things

[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] So, quite remarkably, - Strangest Things

[narrator] So, quite remarkably,

Smith Woodward hurries
back to London with the finds. - Strangest Things

Smith Woodward hurries back to London with the finds.

For 2000 years, the battle rages - Strangest Things

For 2000 years, the battle rages

They know of the great
Viking tales contained - Strangest Things

They know of the great Viking tales contained

[Elliot] He's got this collection
of fragments of skull and jaw. - Strangest Things

[Elliot] He's got this collection of fragments of skull...

So, if the scarab beetle is so important,
why on Earth make it from glass? - Strangest Things

So, if the scarab beetle is so important, why on Earth make ...

But is this an accidental effect - Strangest Things

But is this an accidental effect

And he embarks on putting these pieces
back together to completing this puzzle - Strangest Things

And he embarks on putting these pieces back together to comp...

In particular, the story
of legendary explorer, - Strangest Things

In particular, the story of legendary explorer,

[Corey] Price analyzes
other fragments - Strangest Things

[Corey] Price analyzes other fragments

Back in the third century,
this region of Mesopotamia - Strangest Things

Back in the third century, this region of Mesopotamia

All you need is
sand and a source of heat. - Strangest Things

All you need is sand and a source of heat.

[Kevin]
Leif Erikson heard a tale - Strangest Things

[Kevin] Leif Erikson heard a tale

[narrator] He fills in the gaps
between the fossil fragments - Strangest Things

[narrator] He fills in the gaps between the fossil fragments

[Sascha] The Germans
were convinced - Strangest Things

[Sascha] The Germans were convinced

You melt sand at very high temperatures
and then you can add other materials, - Strangest Things

You melt sand at very high temperatures and then you can add...

And he makes an even more
astonishing claim. - Strangest Things

And he makes an even more astonishing claim.

And for the time,
the people who live here - Strangest Things

And for the time, the people who live here

What he ends up with is unlike any
ancient human remains ever discovered. - Strangest Things

What he ends up with is unlike any ancient human remains eve...

[Corey] The key to its success
is its simple operation. - Strangest Things

[Corey] The key to its success is its simple operation.

[Narrator] But glass is rare
in ancient Egypt - Strangest Things

[Narrator] But glass is rare in ancient Egypt

This enticed Erikson, - Strangest Things

This enticed Erikson,

[narrator] It's even been
suggested that it's a child's toy. - Strangest Things

[narrator] It's even been suggested that it's a ch...

The capital city of Ctesiphon
is a vast metropolis - Strangest Things

The capital city of Ctesiphon is a vast metropolis

[Dr. Graham] The idea
that you'd give your child - Strangest Things

[Dr. Graham] The idea that you'd give your child

[Andrew] You type a letter
on the keyboard, - Strangest Things

[Andrew] You type a letter on the keyboard,

The rear of the skull looked very
much like a modern human skull, - Strangest Things

The rear of the skull looked very much like a modern human s...

[Philip] When he suggested this, - Strangest Things

[Philip] When he suggested this,

[Dr. Altaweel] One of the remains
of Ctesiphon is this large arch - Strangest Things

[Dr. Altaweel] One of the remains of Ctesiphon is this large...

[narrator]
According to the sagas, - Strangest Things

[narrator] According to the sagas,

Even the blue stripes on
Tutankhamun's iconic death mask - Strangest Things

Even the blue stripes on Tutankhamun's iconic death mas...

And when you press a letter
on the keyboard, - Strangest Things

And when you press a letter on the keyboard,

Nothing like this was known
or thought to be possible - Strangest Things

Nothing like this was known or thought to be possible

So, clearly, the Sasanians
were a very sophisticated society - Strangest Things

So, clearly, the Sasanians were a very sophisticated society

Glass had almost
magical qualities to it. - Strangest Things

Glass had almost magical qualities to it.

[narrator] If it's
difficult to make today, - Strangest Things

[narrator] If it's difficult to make today,

[Kevin] When historians
saw his descriptions - Strangest Things

[Kevin] When historians saw his descriptions

[narrator] So not a dice, not a
candle holder, and definitely not a toy. - Strangest Things

[narrator] So not a dice, not a candle holder, and definitel...

A message to a race
of space-faring aliens. - Strangest Things

A message to a race of space-faring aliens.

[narrator] This find sends
shockwaves through the scientific world. - Strangest Things

[narrator] This find sends shockwaves through the scientific...

[Corey] Inside Enigma,
each letter on the keyboard - Strangest Things

[Corey] Inside Enigma, each letter on the keyboard

[Corey] 20 years later, - Strangest Things

[Corey] 20 years later,

[Narrator] But all Egyptian
glass is flawed. - Strangest Things

[Narrator] But all Egyptian glass is flawed.

To my mind the golden disc is,
I guess a dream, a hope - Strangest Things

To my mind the golden disc is, I guess a dream, a hope

It's done with a pointed
stone, or a flint axe, perhaps. - Strangest Things

It's done with a pointed stone, or a flint axe, perhaps...

[narrator] If any civilization in this
period is going to invent a battery, - Strangest Things

[narrator] If any civilization in this period is going to in...

Is there a clue in the pattern
of where these - Strangest Things

Is there a clue in the pattern of where these

He uses a combination
of x-rays and gamma rays - Strangest Things

He uses a combination of x-rays and gamma rays

[Anna] Ancient Egyptian glass doesn't
look like modern glass does today. - Strangest Things

[Anna] Ancient Egyptian glass doesn't look like modern ...

This must be somewhere
in North America. - Strangest Things

This must be somewhere in North America.

[narrator] Each deer skull takes
hours, even days, of meticulous work. - Strangest Things

[narrator] Each deer skull takes hours, even days, of meticu...

Chemical analysis of the hat's
gold reveals that whoever made it, - Strangest Things

Chemical analysis of the hat's gold reveals that whoeve...

Very possibly Newfoundland. - Strangest Things

Very possibly Newfoundland.

He claims humans and apes are
close relatives with a common ancestor. - Strangest Things

He claims humans and apes are close relatives with a common ...

Within the rotors
are a jumble of tiny wires - Strangest Things

Within the rotors are a jumble of tiny wires

What he finds
is even more astonishing - Strangest Things

What he finds is even more astonishing

It's not a level
of craftsmanship - Strangest Things

It's not a level of craftsmanship

It's got all these bits and
inclusions and bubbles in it - Strangest Things

It's got all these bits and inclusions and bubbles in i...

In fact, one of the most ancient
universities was built by the Sasanians. - Strangest Things

In fact, one of the most ancient universities was built by t...

Every Roman dodecahedron
discovered - Strangest Things

Every Roman dodecahedron discovered

[Ben] If there's any truth
to those stories - Strangest Things

[Ben] If there's any truth to those stories

[narrator] But if NASA is really
serious about making first contact with - Strangest Things

[narrator] But if NASA is really serious about making first ...

Um, they had an ancient school - Strangest Things

Um, they had an ancient school

But 50 years after Darwin
publishes his theory, - Strangest Things

But 50 years after Darwin publishes his theory,

[Anna] If this hat was made
of just pure gold, - Strangest Things

[Anna] If this hat was made of just pure gold,

[Tamar] You can see that - Strangest Things

[Tamar] You can see that

This circuit passes
through every rotor - Strangest Things

This circuit passes through every rotor

On the North American continent - Strangest Things

On the North American continent

Some of these are made
of flat sheet bronze - Strangest Things

Some of these are made of flat sheet bronze

Because back then, just surviving
this far north is an achievement. - Strangest Things

Because back then, just surviving this far north is an achie...

[narrator] If the Sasanians really
do create this mysterious object, - Strangest Things

[narrator] If the Sasanians really do create this mysterious...

That's when Charles Dawson
and Piltdown man - Strangest Things

That's when Charles Dawson and Piltdown man

[Narrator] The glass in the
scarab lack such imperfections. - Strangest Things

[Narrator] The glass in the scarab lack such imperfections.

None are found in the sunny
or southern regions, - Strangest Things

None are found in the sunny or southern regions,

[narrator] To overcome this, - Strangest Things

[narrator] To overcome this,

[dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things

[dramatic music playing]

That decision falls
to the man who NASA - Strangest Things

That decision falls to the man who NASA

What makes Enigma unique - Strangest Things

What makes Enigma unique

It is flawless, - Strangest Things

It is flawless,

[MacDonald] The temperature
then would have been about - Strangest Things

[MacDonald] The temperature then would have been about

Half man, half ape was exactly
what scholars were looking for - Strangest Things

Half man, half ape was exactly what scholars were looking fo...

The complexity of that
was unexpected. - Strangest Things

The complexity of that was unexpected.

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From a piece of meteorite found in Tutankhamun's tomb to the Crown of Thorns, explore some of the most perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.

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Production: A+E Networks,Blink Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2021

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ImdbRating: 7.0

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Released: 15 Feb 2021

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Homepage: https://www.sky.com/watch/title/series/23cb3b50-ea40-4450-8d5e-fc6c33a636e7