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Effectively, writingis invented by accountants By around thethird millennium B.C

Effectively, writing
is invented by accountants [Narrator] By around the
third millennium B.C

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Effectively, writing is invented by accountants
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[Narrator] By around the third millennium B.C.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
12
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:45
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary
Production
A+E Networks,Blink Films

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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.
S01 • E10 And they were one of the first - Strangest Things 00:05
And they were one of the first
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 • E09 [narrator] How has The Thing evaded - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] How has The Thing evaded
S01 • E05 [Corey] And evidence of other essential technologies - Strangest Things 00:12
[Corey] And evidence of other essential technologies
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 • E10 From around 2300 to 1600 BCE, - Strangest Things 00:08
From around 2300 to 1600 BCE,
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 • 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,
S01 • E09 When this carved Seal was inspected, - Strangest Things 00:09
When this carved Seal was inspected,
S01 • E01 Including this story, - Strangest Things 00:06
Including this story,
S01 • E08 [narrator] And what's worse is that leading the race - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] And what's worse is that leading the race
S01 • E03 What these analyses tell us is that - Strangest Things 00:07
What these analyses tell us is that
S01 • E10 This gives Meller a 700-year window for the age of the swords. - Strangest Things 00:06
This gives Meller a 700-year window for the age of the sword...
S01 • E01 Almost 1,000 years before the first Judaic texts about Noah. - Strangest Things 00:05
Almost 1,000 years before the first Judaic texts about Noah.
S01 • E05 You need to generate electricity, - Strangest Things 00:06
You need to generate electricity,