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Strangest Things

But it has too few symbolsand too many repetitions to be a pictographic script, where one...

But it has too few symbols
and too many repetitions to be a pictographic script, where one symbol can represent
an entire word, such as Egyptian hieroglyphics or Babylonian cuneiform

Full Transcript

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But it has too few symbols and too many repetitions
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to be a pictographic script,
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where one symbol can represent an entire word,
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such as Egyptian hieroglyphics
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or Babylonian cuneiform.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:41
Uploaded
Jun 03, 2025
Season
1
Episode
6
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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Movie Summary

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.
S01 • E09 Once they know it's there, it doesn't take long to find. - Strangest Things 00:05
Once they know it's there, it doesn't take long to...
S01 • E07 So maybe they just made something up, - Strangest Things 00:07
So maybe they just made something up,
S01 • E09 But at this point, it's already been in there for seven years. - Strangest Things 00:05
But at this point, it's already been in there for seven...
S01 • E01 Effectively, writing is invented by accountants - Strangest Things 00:08
Effectively, writing is invented by accountants
S01 • E08 So, the world is on... the knife edge of war. - Strangest Things 00:05
So, the world is on... the knife edge of war.
S01 • E03 Now, 21st century forensics have been brought to bare on the body. - Strangest Things 00:06
Now, 21st century forensics have been brought to bare on the...
S01 • E02 The unit used in the text is 'talents', which can vary over time, - Strangest Things 00:08
The unit used in the text is 'talents', which can ...
S01 • E04 [Corey] But of all the animals in the world, why pigeons? - Strangest Things 00:06
[Corey] But of all the animals in the world, why pigeons?
S01 • E10 And they were one of the first - Strangest Things 00:05
And they were one of the first
S01 • E05 [Corey] And evidence of other essential technologies - Strangest Things 00:12
[Corey] And evidence of other essential technologies
S01 • E09 [narrator] How has The Thing evaded - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] How has The Thing evaded
S01 • E08 And into this extraordinarily... fraught moment - Strangest Things 00:09
And into this extraordinarily... fraught moment
S01 • E04 [suspense music playing] - Strangest Things 00:15
[suspense music playing]
S01 • E01 Cuneiform has evolved into the sophisticated writing - Strangest Things 00:07
Cuneiform has evolved into the sophisticated writing
S01 • E03 In the late 2000s, an Egyptian archeologist named Zahi Hawass - Strangest Things 00:07
In the late 2000s, an Egyptian archeologist named Zahi Hawas...
S01 • E02 So, which weight of talent are we looking at? - Strangest Things 00:04
So, which weight of talent are we looking at?
S01 • E07 [Andrew] In 2009, scientists at the University of Arizona, - Strangest Things 00:10
[Andrew] In 2009, scientists at the University of Arizona,
S01 • E10 From around 2300 to 1600 BCE, - Strangest Things 00:08
From around 2300 to 1600 BCE,
S01 • E06 Instead, experts suspect the Phaistos script - Strangest Things 00:11
Instead, experts suspect the Phaistos script
S01 • E02 If we're looking at a relatively lighter weight, - Strangest Things 00:08
If we're looking at a relatively lighter weight,