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Strangest Things

Over 100,000 of these ancientclay Mesopotamian tablets have been found acrossthe Middle...

Over 100,000 of these ancient
clay Mesopotamian tablets have been found across
the Middle East

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Over 100,000 of these ancient clay Mesopotamian tablets
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have been found across the Middle East.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:33
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 • E09 [narrator] So whoever created Piltdown man - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] So whoever created Piltdown man
S01 • E07 [narrator] At high magnification you can see a picture of the record itself - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] At high magnification you can see a picture of th...
S01 • E10 Not in Egypt, not in Mesopotamia, - Strangest Things 00:07
Not in Egypt, not in Mesopotamia,
S01 • E08 In the summer of 2013, - Strangest Things 00:11
In the summer of 2013,
S01 • E02 Those words include digging cubits, a measure of size, and gold. - Strangest Things 00:06
Those words include digging cubits, a measure of size, and g...
S01 • E04 [Philip] One very enticing reason - Strangest Things 00:12
[Philip] One very enticing reason
S01 • E03 So there were about 40 in there, most of them richly decorated, - Strangest Things 00:10
So there were about 40 in there, most of them richly decorat...
S01 • E07 And engraved around it in binary is the speed it should rotate at. - Strangest Things 00:05
And engraved around it in binary is the speed it should rota...
S01 • E09 Of all the suspects, only one of them knew about Piltdown two, - Strangest Things 00:07
Of all the suspects, only one of them knew about Piltdown tw...
S01 • E10 Is this the work of an advanced culture - Strangest Things 00:05
Is this the work of an advanced culture
S01 • E01 They're the work of one of the oldest civilizations on Earth. - Strangest Things 00:04
They're the work of one of the oldest civilizations on ...
S01 • E06 A place steeped in mythological stories - Strangest Things 00:08
A place steeped in mythological stories
S01 • E07 16 and 2/3rd rpm. - Strangest Things 00:04
16 and 2/3rd rpm.
S01 • E01 But in the last decade, - Strangest Things 00:05
But in the last decade,
S01 • E05 [Corey] Germany fails to produce - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] Germany fails to produce
S01 • E02 We say not to judge a book by its cover, but this is every archaeologist's dream. - Strangest Things 00:06
We say not to judge a book by its cover, but this is every a...
S01 • E07 And a diagram of nearby stars with their distances also marked in binary - Strangest Things 00:08
And a diagram of nearby stars with their distances also mark...
S01 • E09 [narrator] Charles Dawson faked Piltdown man. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Charles Dawson faked Piltdown man.
S01 • E10 Are they proof of some kind of secret knowledge? - Strangest Things 00:04
Are they proof of some kind of secret knowledge?
S01 • E06 Ancient legends tell the story of their ruler, - Strangest Things 00:05
Ancient legends tell the story of their ruler,