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The Baghdad Battery, a mysterious ancient device
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The Baghdad Battery,a mysterious ancient device that producesan electric charge

The Baghdad Battery,
a mysterious ancient device that produces
an electric charge

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The Baghdad Battery, a mysterious ancient device
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that produces an electric charge.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:33
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E10 [narrator] What is the purpose of this ritual, - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] What is the purpose of this ritual,
S01 • E08 Is there more to this mysterious object than meets the eye? - Strangest Things 00:04
Is there more to this mysterious object than meets the eye?
S01 • E09 How is this skull of an ancient human faked so well - Strangest Things 00:07
How is this skull of an ancient human faked so well
S01 • E04 Because this isn't just the world's first known - Strangest Things 00:09
Because this isn't just the world's first known
S01 • E06 So is this strange artifact just another hoax? - Strangest Things 00:04
So is this strange artifact just another hoax?
S01 • E07 [narrator] Sagan's next problem is what to put on his intergalactic record. - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] Sagan's next problem is what to put on his i...
S01 • E05 [explosion] - Strangest Things 00:10
[explosion]
S01 • E01 The pattern is so perfect, it looks almost manmade... - Strangest Things 00:06
The pattern is so perfect, it looks almost manmade...
S01 • E06 [dramatic music playing] - Strangest Things 00:14
[dramatic music playing]
S01 • E09 This was a carefully planned, if somewhat clumsy, forgery. - Strangest Things 00:06
This was a carefully planned, if somewhat clumsy, forgery.
S01 • E08 Detailed analysis of these decorations suggests - Strangest Things 00:07
Detailed analysis of these decorations suggests
S01 • E04 How did its creator build in - Strangest Things 00:09
How did its creator build in
S01 • E10 One hint might come from Upper Paleolithic rock art. - Strangest Things 00:04
One hint might come from Upper Paleolithic rock art.
S01 • E07 How can he sum up all of humanity and the world around us - Strangest Things 00:08
How can he sum up all of humanity and the world around us
S01 • E03 There's been one argument that the device - Strangest Things 00:06
There's been one argument that the device
S01 • E09 [narrator] One thing that convinces experts - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] One thing that convinces experts
S01 • E05 So as the war ends, - Strangest Things 00:10
So as the war ends,
S01 • E10 Recorded in the cave of Trois-Frères in the Pyrenees, - Strangest Things 00:19
Recorded in the cave of Trois-Frères in the Pyrenees,
S01 • E02 [narrator] So what could justify the expense and effort - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] So what could justify the expense and effort
S01 • E03 Uh, the idea of using electricity to numb the pain, - Strangest Things 00:06
Uh, the idea of using electricity to numb the pain,