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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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[Anna] The mixture
is about 9.8% silver, - Strangest Things

[Anna] The mixture is about 9.8% silver,

One theory suggests
its electrical charge - Strangest Things

One theory suggests its electrical charge

So, one of
the pervading theories - Strangest Things

So, one of the pervading theories

[Corey] And
in the last few years, - Strangest Things

[Corey] And in the last few years,

It certainly isn't
the first Viking artifact - Strangest Things

It certainly isn't the first Viking artifact

When it has been
all the way around, - Strangest Things

When it has been all the way around,

[Andrew] Carl Sagan was one of the most
famous scientists and science communicators - Strangest Things

[Andrew] Carl Sagan was one of the most famous scientists an...

[narrator] Piltdown man is the
smoking gun that proves Darwin right. - Strangest Things

[narrator] Piltdown man is the smoking gun that proves Darwi...

To do this, you put metal
objects that you want to coat - Strangest Things

To do this, you put metal objects that you want to coat

Spending a lot of time
working on a deer skull - Strangest Things

Spending a lot of time working on a deer skull

[dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things

[dramatic music playing]

That makes it much
stronger and more rigid - Strangest Things

That makes it much stronger and more rigid

So to test this theory,
someone has actually - Strangest Things

So to test this theory, someone has actually

At heart he was an
astronomer. But he was - Strangest Things

At heart he was an astronomer. But he was

Unfortunately, there's one
very big problem with this. - Strangest Things

Unfortunately, there's one very big problem with this.

[Narrator] For years,
archaeologists have no explanation - Strangest Things

[Narrator] For years, archaeologists have no explanation

[Andrew] As those rotors
keep on moving, - Strangest Things

[Andrew] As those rotors keep on moving,

[Kevin] In 1898, - Strangest Things

[Kevin] In 1898,

Experts ship in a cutting edge - Strangest Things

Experts ship in a cutting edge

When you pass a current
through that solution, - Strangest Things

When you pass a current through that solution,

He was really interested in
the nitty gritty science of - Strangest Things

He was really interested in the nitty gritty science of

The Piltdown man
could not be the missing link. - Strangest Things

The Piltdown man could not be the missing link.

This is actually about the right ratio
that we use for 22 karat gold today. - Strangest Things

This is actually about the right ratio that we use for 22 ka...

The first clue is uncovered
on an expedition - Strangest Things

The first clue is uncovered on an expedition

[narrator] The runes translation - Strangest Things

[narrator] The runes translation

[narrator] Whatever format Sagan
chooses to carry his message to the stars - Strangest Things

[narrator] Whatever format Sagan chooses to carry his messag...

And that pattern
of apparently random letters - Strangest Things

And that pattern of apparently random letters

And what you ends up with is a really
thin layer of gold onto the metal surface. - Strangest Things

And what you ends up with is a really thin layer of gold ont...

[narrator] What gives this
audaciously fake skull away? - Strangest Things

[narrator] What gives this audaciously fake skull away?

[narrator] These are astonishing
lengths to go to for just a hat. - Strangest Things

[narrator] These are astonishing lengths to go to for just a...

[Philip]
Tomography basically means - Strangest Things

[Philip] Tomography basically means

A natural deer skull has
sharp, bony ridges inside. - Strangest Things

A natural deer skull has sharp, bony ridges inside.

If it's not
the sort of thing that - Strangest Things

If it's not the sort of thing that

He went to
the Egyptian-Libyan border - Strangest Things

He went to the Egyptian-Libyan border

[Corey] An electrical
plugboard on the front - Strangest Things

[Corey] An electrical plugboard on the front

Some of the knobbly protuberances
on the inside of the skull, - Strangest Things

Some of the knobbly protuberances on the inside of the skull...

An analysis of its construction
reveals something even stranger. - Strangest Things

An analysis of its construction reveals something even stran...

While Piltdown man
is locked away - Strangest Things

While Piltdown man is locked away

[narrator]
And there's no shortage - Strangest Things

[narrator] And there's no shortage

This seems to fit more or less - Strangest Things

This seems to fit more or less

Beyond the Earth atmosphere
is a very harsh environment. - Strangest Things

Beyond the Earth atmosphere is a very harsh environment.

[Philip]
We now know that there are - Strangest Things

[Philip] We now know that there are

One of the party was a British
surveyor, Patrick Clayton, - Strangest Things

One of the party was a British surveyor, Patrick Clayton,

When you X-ray the Berlin gold
hats, there are no seams in it, - Strangest Things

When you X-ray the Berlin gold hats, there are no seams in i...

And they go, "It's obviously
for making gloves." - Strangest Things

And they go, "It's obviously for making gloves.&qu...

Yet despite this complexity, - Strangest Things

Yet despite this complexity,

[narrator] Along with
the holes cut into it, - Strangest Things

[narrator] Along with the holes cut into it,

Plating gold, particularly on
things like silver, or other metals, - Strangest Things

Plating gold, particularly on things like silver, or other m...

[Kevin] In Ontario,
there was a Viking sword, - Strangest Things

[Kevin] In Ontario, there was a Viking sword,

It was becoming apparent
that the ancestors of humanity - Strangest Things

It was becoming apparent that the ancestors of humanity

[Dr. Graham] I'm not saying
that it's not possible - Strangest Things

[Dr. Graham] I'm not saying that it's not possible

All you need
is another Enigma machine - Strangest Things

All you need is another Enigma machine

They've been modified
specifically with the intention - Strangest Things

They've been modified specifically with the intention

Uh, gold, of course,
was highly precious, - Strangest Things

Uh, gold, of course, was highly precious,

And there are also various - Strangest Things

And there are also various

[Narrator] To his amazement,
the desert floor is littered - Strangest Things

[Narrator] To his amazement, the desert floor is littered

[narrator] The gold alloy has been
worked to an extraordinary degree. - Strangest Things

[narrator] The gold alloy has been worked to an extraordinar...

So it's actually very difficult to
think about what sort of object - Strangest Things

So it's actually very difficult to think about what sor...

But gloves are kind of
commodity item. - Strangest Things

But gloves are kind of commodity item.

[Corey]
The scans reveal a machine - Strangest Things

[Corey] The scans reveal a machine

So you often would put a
plate of gold on another item - Strangest Things

So you often would put a plate of gold on another item

[Andrew] All you have to do
is type it - Strangest Things

[Andrew] All you have to do is type it

Perforations are created
in order to allow - Strangest Things

Perforations are created in order to allow

This is only possible because
the arrangement of atoms in gold - Strangest Things

This is only possible because the arrangement of atoms in go...

He brings them back to the UK, where he
takes them to the Natural History Museum. - Strangest Things

He brings them back to the UK, where he takes them to the Na...

[narrator] North America
seems to be littered - Strangest Things

[narrator] North America seems to be littered

The idea that it was used
generally to knit a pair of gloves, - Strangest Things

The idea that it was used generally to knit a pair of gloves...

And in the last decade, - Strangest Things

And in the last decade,

[mystical music playing] - Strangest Things

[mystical music playing]

[narrator] So, behind the scenes
at the Natural History Museum, - Strangest Things

[narrator] So, behind the scenes at the Natural History Muse...

[Kevin] The problem is
that none of these - Strangest Things

[Kevin] The problem is that none of these

[narrator] So are we simply
looking at some kind of Ice Age hat, - Strangest Things

[narrator] So are we simply looking at some kind of Ice Age ...

If you beat gold onto
a flat surface, - Strangest Things

If you beat gold onto a flat surface,

[Dr. Ploszajski]
The problem with the - Strangest Things

[Dr. Ploszajski] The problem with the

In 1949, they date Piltdown man - Strangest Things

In 1949, they date Piltdown man

[Corey] It's the greatest
encryption device - Strangest Things

[Corey] It's the greatest encryption device

[Narrator] It's almost 50 years, - Strangest Things

[Narrator] It's almost 50 years,

[Abigail] The inscriptions
not only fill in - Strangest Things

[Abigail] The inscriptions not only fill in

The Kensington Runestone - Strangest Things

The Kensington Runestone

[narrator] The problem is
that nearly every dodecahedron - Strangest Things

[narrator] The problem is that nearly every dodecahedron

Instead, he goes old school.
Vinyl. - Strangest Things

Instead, he goes old school. Vinyl.

Why have they gone
to so much trouble? - Strangest Things

Why have they gone to so much trouble?

The axes and shields, likewise. - Strangest Things

The axes and shields, likewise.

[Elliott] The original interpretations
focused on the idea of them being - Strangest Things

[Elliott] The original interpretations focused on the idea o...

And bronze doesn't come cheap. - Strangest Things

And bronze doesn't come cheap.

[Maggie] The idea of using a
phonograph, a record, to send information - Strangest Things

[Maggie] The idea of using a phonograph, a record, to send i...

This seemed to show
that these remains - Strangest Things

This seemed to show that these remains

[Dougal] The Italian team
go in to the desert - Strangest Things

[Dougal] The Italian team go in to the desert

[narrator] Which explains
the hats delicate construction. - Strangest Things

[narrator] Which explains the hats delicate construction.

It's made out of the same
materials that money is made out of. - Strangest Things

It's made out of the same materials that money is made ...

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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