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While it's fair to say that the ancientEgyptians probably didn't know where this glass had...

While it's fair to say that the ancient
Egyptians probably didn't know where this glass had come from, What they did recognize, was the fact that it was rare,
particularly beautiful

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While it's fair to say that the ancient Egyptians probably didn't know
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where this glass had come from,
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What they did recognize,
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was the fact that it was rare, particularly beautiful.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:02
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
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 • E06 And we've not been able to decode it yet. - Strangest Things 00:04
And we've not been able to decode it yet.
S01 • E08 [narrator] The Berlin Gold Hat - Strangest Things 00:07
[narrator] The Berlin Gold Hat
S01 • E03 Now, the latest scientific analysis can reveal not only his identity, - Strangest Things 00:10
Now, the latest scientific analysis can reveal not only his ...
S01 • E04 And it's thought to be likely that - Strangest Things 00:06
And it's thought to be likely that
S01 • E09 [narrator] In 2016, a new study throws - Strangest Things 00:09
[narrator] In 2016, a new study throws
S01 • E05 And once you found this tiny little chink in the armor, - Strangest Things 00:05
And once you found this tiny little chink in the armor,
S01 • E10 Possibly the sun, the moon, - Strangest Things 00:06
Possibly the sun, the moon,
S01 • E02 Material that's far more valuable and also difficult to inscribe. - Strangest Things 00:07
Material that's far more valuable and also difficult to...
S01 • E06 [narrator] But, now, - Strangest Things 00:10
[narrator] But, now,
S01 • E08 It suggests that these were highly sophisticated people - Strangest Things 00:10
It suggests that these were highly sophisticated people
S01 • E07 [narrator] Sagan can't rely on aliens counting in tens. - Strangest Things 00:04
[narrator] Sagan can't rely on aliens counting in tens.
S01 • E05 [intense music playing] - Strangest Things 00:13
[intense music playing]
S01 • E04 [Corey] It could be Hipparchus - Strangest Things 00:13
[Corey] It could be Hipparchus
S01 • E10 But could it be more than a piece of elaborate decoration? - Strangest Things 00:04
But could it be more than a piece of elaborate decoration?
S01 • E02 So this is something that distinguishes it - Strangest Things 00:08
So this is something that distinguishes it
S01 • E07 But there is one system that any intelligent being should recognize. - Strangest Things 00:05
But there is one system that any intelligent being should re...
S01 • E06 So what do these bizarre symbols mean? - Strangest Things 00:05
So what do these bizarre symbols mean?
S01 • E07 The numerical information on the Golden Record is encoded in binary. - Strangest Things 00:05
The numerical information on the Golden Record is encoded in...
S01 • E10 Do the markings on the disk - Strangest Things 00:05
Do the markings on the disk
S01 • E09 The teeth from Piltdown two had come from exactly - Strangest Things 00:06
The teeth from Piltdown two had come from exactly