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Strangest Things

The surface of this 4,000year old tablet is covered in the oldest writing systemon Earth,...

The surface of this 4,000
year old tablet is covered in the oldest writing system
on Earth, Cuneiform

Full Transcript

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The surface of this 4,000 year old tablet is covered
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in the oldest writing system on Earth,
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Cuneiform.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:05
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 • E04 Whoever makes it is clearly a genius - Strangest Things 00:09
Whoever makes it is clearly a genius
S01 • E09 It turns out Dawson is already an old hand at forgery - Strangest Things 00:07
It turns out Dawson is already an old hand at forgery
S01 • E07 It reads, "To the makers of music - Strangest Things 00:08
It reads, "To the makers of music
S01 • E06 [narrator] The creature and the civilization behind it - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] The creature and the civilization behind it
S01 • E08 Is it really from a Nazi reactor? - Strangest Things 00:04
Is it really from a Nazi reactor?
S01 • E02 And this oxidation makes it very brittle. - Strangest Things 00:05
And this oxidation makes it very brittle.
S01 • E01 [Mark] It has about 60 lines, so it's quite small, - Strangest Things 00:06
[Mark] It has about 60 lines, so it's quite small,
S01 • E10 How does this strange artifact - Strangest Things 00:06
How does this strange artifact
S01 • E03 [narrator] But inside one of the coffins, - Strangest Things 00:06
[narrator] But inside one of the coffins,
S01 • E04 [Philip] It suggests a kind of thinking - Strangest Things 00:15
[Philip] It suggests a kind of thinking
S01 • E02 The copper is extremely thin, so if you were going to try and unroll it, - Strangest Things 00:09
The copper is extremely thin, so if you were going to try an...
S01 • E09 After more than a century, - Strangest Things 00:07
After more than a century,
S01 • E07 A snapshot of human life on Earth, - Strangest Things 00:06
A snapshot of human life on Earth,
S01 • E05 [Corey] Even 80 years later, - Strangest Things 00:05
[Corey] Even 80 years later,
S01 • E01 [Narrator] When the tablet is translated in 2009, - Strangest Things 00:08
[Narrator] When the tablet is translated in 2009,
S01 • E10 [Suspenseful music playing] - Strangest Things 00:19
[Suspenseful music playing]
S01 • E06 [narrator] But in 1900, - Strangest Things 00:16
[narrator] But in 1900,
S01 • E08 [narrator] Is a small cube sent to an American professor - Strangest Things 00:08
[narrator] Is a small cube sent to an American professor
S01 • E03 So when they opened up the lid of the coffin, - Strangest Things 00:08
So when they opened up the lid of the coffin,
S01 • E05 The German military added more rotors - Strangest Things 00:07
The German military added more rotors