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[Mark] Geomancy was practiced throughout the Islamic world
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Geomancy was practicedthroughout the Islamic world

[Mark] Geomancy was practiced
throughout the Islamic world

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[Mark] Geomancy was practiced throughout the Islamic world.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:03
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
5
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.
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You could have bridges collapsing,
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But it looks more like Dr. Frankenstein's idea of a lig...
S01 • E05 They had a name for it, which was ilm al-raml, - Strangest Things 00:09
They had a name for it, which was ilm al-raml,
S01 • E04 [Corey] Microscopic examination shows the cup - Strangest Things 00:08
[Corey] Microscopic examination shows the cup
S01 • E08 Even though we're on a sphere, you can think about it - Strangest Things 00:06
Even though we're on a sphere, you can think about it
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[narrator] He certainly isn't the first person
S01 • E09 All of this engineering, all of this expansion, all of this finance - Strangest Things 00:11
All of this engineering, all of this expansion, all of this ...
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[Dr. Ball] There was a little mechanism made from very fine ...
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This fist size piece of rock is about 89 grams in weight,
S01 • E10 A contact pierces that glass's bubble - Strangest Things 00:06
A contact pierces that glass's bubble
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[narrator] In 1966, the British Museum in London
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So, North South gives you your, your latitude
S01 • E03 I think there's a general idea that prosthetics - Strangest Things 00:06
I think there's a general idea that prosthetics
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[Anna] Glass is a really brittle
S01 • E05 [Kevin] With the expansion of Islam, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Kevin] With the expansion of Islam,
S01 • E04 So the delicacy involved is quite incredible. - Strangest Things 00:04
So the delicacy involved is quite incredible.
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It's designed simply to improve primitive radio,
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[narrator] Latitude is easily ascertained from the position ...
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[Dr. Rebecca] There are a couple of really good examples fro...
S01 • E06 Kind of exciting, but also a bit creepy. - Strangest Things 00:04
Kind of exciting, but also a bit creepy.