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Strangest Things

Pigeonshave been useful to us for sending messagesfor centuries because they havethis...

[suspense music playing] [Philip] Pigeons
have been useful to us for sending messages
for centuries because they have
this incredible ability to navigate in particular
to home to navigate back from where they were
sent out from

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[Philip] Pigeons have been useful to us
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for sending messages for centuries
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because they have this incredible ability
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to navigate in particular to home to navigate back
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from where they were sent out from.
Duration
15 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:51
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
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 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 • E01 Cuneiform has evolved into the sophisticated writing - Strangest Things 00:07
Cuneiform has evolved into the sophisticated writing
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 • E10 From around 2300 to 1600 BCE, - Strangest Things 00:08
From around 2300 to 1600 BCE,
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 • E03 What these analyses tell us is that - Strangest Things 00:07
What these analyses tell us is that
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 • 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,
S01 • E02 [Altaweel] So it's possible that the calculation used - Strangest Things 00:09
[Altaweel] So it's possible that the calculation used
S01 • E07 [narrator] But that doesn't mean - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] But that doesn't mean
S01 • E04 And so they've been used - Strangest Things 00:05
And so they've been used
S01 • E09 So it was basically just a metal cylinder - Strangest Things 00:07
So it was basically just a metal cylinder
S01 • E10 And closer examination narrows the timeline further. - Strangest Things 00:04
And closer examination narrows the timeline further.
S01 • E03 Ramses III is quite a big deal in ancient Egyptian history. - Strangest Things 00:06
Ramses III is quite a big deal in ancient Egyptian history.