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Strangest Things

For 2000 years, the battle rages between codemakersand codebreakers, until the 1920s, when...

For 2000 years, the battle rages between codemakers
and codebreakers, until the 1920s, when this strange
and complex device appears

Full Transcript

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For 2000 years, the battle rages
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between codemakers and codebreakers,
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until the 1920s,
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when this strange and complex device appears.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:20
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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 • E06 They know of the great Viking tales contained - Strangest Things 00:06
They know of the great Viking tales contained
S01 • E09 [Elliot] He's got this collection of fragments of skull and jaw. - Strangest Things 00:04
[Elliot] He's got this collection of fragments of skull...
S01 • E01 So, if the scarab beetle is so important, why on Earth make it from glass? - Strangest Things 00:07
So, if the scarab beetle is so important, why on Earth make ...
S01 • E03 But is this an accidental effect - Strangest Things 00:07
But is this an accidental effect
S01 • E09 And he embarks on putting these pieces back together to completing this puzzle - Strangest Things 00:09
And he embarks on putting these pieces back together to comp...
S01 • E06 In particular, the story of legendary explorer, - Strangest Things 00:06
In particular, the story of legendary explorer,
S01 • E04 [Corey] Price analyzes other fragments - Strangest Things 00:07
[Corey] Price analyzes other fragments
S01 • E03 Back in the third century, this region of Mesopotamia - Strangest Things 00:07
Back in the third century, this region of Mesopotamia
S01 • E01 All you need is sand and a source of heat. - Strangest Things 00:05
All you need is sand and a source of heat.
S01 • E06 [Kevin] Leif Erikson heard a tale - Strangest Things 00:13
[Kevin] Leif Erikson heard a tale
S01 • E09 [narrator] He fills in the gaps between the fossil fragments - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] He fills in the gaps between the fossil fragments
S01 • E05 [Sascha] The Germans were convinced - Strangest Things 00:10
[Sascha] The Germans were convinced
S01 • E01 You melt sand at very high temperatures and then you can add other materials, - Strangest Things 00:08
You melt sand at very high temperatures and then you can add...
S01 • E04 And he makes an even more astonishing claim. - Strangest Things 00:05
And he makes an even more astonishing claim.
S01 • E03 And for the time, the people who live here - Strangest Things 00:05
And for the time, the people who live here
S01 • E09 What he ends up with is unlike any ancient human remains ever discovered. - Strangest Things 00:07
What he ends up with is unlike any ancient human remains eve...
S01 • E05 [Corey] The key to its success is its simple operation. - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] The key to its success is its simple operation.
S01 • E01 [Narrator] But glass is rare in ancient Egypt - Strangest Things 00:06
[Narrator] But glass is rare in ancient Egypt
S01 • E06 This enticed Erikson, - Strangest Things 00:07
This enticed Erikson,
S01 • E02 [narrator] It's even been suggested that it's a child's toy. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] It's even been suggested that it's a ch...