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In a locked cabinet at Yale University
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Strangest Things

In a locked cabinetat Yale University, is a strange medieval book that has confounded...

In a locked cabinet
at Yale University, is a strange medieval book that has confounded historians for a hundred years

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In a locked cabinet at Yale University,
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is a strange medieval book
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that has confounded historians
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for a hundred years.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
00:17:02
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
7
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 • E03 You could be in the Field of Reeds, - Strangest Things 00:09
You could be in the Field of Reeds,
S01 • E09 [narrator] An electronic listening bug with no electronics. - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] An electronic listening bug with no electronics.
S01 • E05 Its sandstone surface is carved - Strangest Things 00:08
Its sandstone surface is carved
S01 • E10 Shocked and angry we can't touch it, - Strangest Things 00:06
Shocked and angry we can't touch it,
S01 • E08 So this was clearly a very deliberately human-made object. - Strangest Things 00:05
So this was clearly a very deliberately human-made object.
S01 • E02 This scroll had 64 individual entries - Strangest Things 00:15
This scroll had 64 individual entries
S01 • E01 But according to the tablet, - Strangest Things 00:05
But according to the tablet,
S01 • E07 There is just one copy in existence, - Strangest Things 00:09
There is just one copy in existence,
S01 • E04 [suspenseful music playing] - Strangest Things 00:10
[suspenseful music playing]
S01 • E10 If it goes to a private buyer, - Strangest Things 00:05
If it goes to a private buyer,
S01 • E09 It hasn't got batteries, it hasn't got wires, - Strangest Things 00:06
It hasn't got batteries, it hasn't got wires,
S01 • E03 [narrator] The nameless coffin sends a stark message. - Strangest Things 00:05
[narrator] The nameless coffin sends a stark message.
S01 • E06 [narrator] It is the only Minoan clay tablet ever found - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] It is the only Minoan clay tablet ever found
S01 • E05 But amongst them is what clearly - Strangest Things 00:10
But amongst them is what clearly
S01 • E01 This boat that's described in the tablet - Strangest Things 00:06
This boat that's described in the tablet
S01 • E10 Believing it could be genuine, - Strangest Things 00:05
Believing it could be genuine,
S01 • E03 The implication of burying someone without their name, - Strangest Things 00:07
The implication of burying someone without their name,
S01 • E06 And that's just the start, - Strangest Things 00:07
And that's just the start,
S01 • E10 In February 2002, posting as a buyer, - Strangest Things 00:06
In February 2002, posting as a buyer,
S01 • E01 [Narrator] One line of text reads, - Strangest Things 00:14
[Narrator] One line of text reads,