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A look at perplexing and unusual objects. This episode focuses on a lost language, a beauty machine and something called the Disk of Strangeness.
A look at perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms.
This latest collection of objects comprises an intriguing 35,000-year-old box, a steam-powered gun and a monument that may have been an Aztec throne.
Examine a 9,000-year-old clay head, a 1950s machine built to control the weather and a map which could be the oldest ever found.
Examine an ancient pyramid toolkit, a device that unleashes lethal X-rays and a divisive terracotta sculpture.
Examine claims Nostradamus predicted Hitler. Plus, learn about the canary resuscitator and a tiny object with the power to kill.
Investigate a machine which can supposedly read personalities, a mask painted with human blood and a cursed pot.
Exploring the origin of a death mask, three carvings which could shed light on Stonehenge and a plate found in Austria.
A 5,000-year-old carved stone object is shaped into four symmetrical lobes covered in unique markings. Why people believed an electrocution device could cure. And a 3,000-year-old cat mummy with no cat inside.
A minuscule metal sphere containing two microscopic holes could be the smallest murder weapon in history; experts explore how this tiny object is linked to one of the most bizarre true crime cases of the 20th century.
The Cuming Museum in South London contains a disturbing tattered hat made of brown felt and decorated with more than 80 human teeth; using the latest imaging technology, experts investigate to uncover the macabre origins of this mysterious Victorian-era cap.
Discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Ur, the Standard of Ur is a mysterious wooden box adorned with an elaborate mosaic. It continues to mystify archaeologists today; experts explore the meaning behind its intricate and enigmatic images.
In 1953, a team of archaeologists uncover a bizarre, plastered human skull in the ancient city of Jericho; experts investigate the mysterious purpose and identity behind this 9,000-year-old clay-covered artifact.
A stone sphere, a hook, and five fragments of wood are the only objects ever discovered inside the Great Pyramid of Giza; experts investigate if they can explain the mysteries behind the only surviving Wonder of the Ancient World.
An ancient tablet discovered on the remote reaches of Easter Island is etched in a mysterious glyph system that has yet to be deciphered; experts use cutting-edge tech to determine if this wooden relic could be the key to a lost civilization.
Minnesota's Science Museum contains a strange, 1930s steampunk-looking machine designed to measure a person's intelligence; using cutting-edge tech, experts bring this bizarre contraption to life and examine the truth behind it's controversial claims.
Elaborately detailed from a single sheet of gold, the Mask of Agamemnon is one of the most iconic and controversial discoveries of Ancient Greece; experts investigate if this relic could prove the existence of a mythical king.
The shattered skull of a 19th century railway worker is now one of the most astonishing objects in the history of medical science; experts explore this traumatic injury to reveal how it changed the field of neuroscience.
Containing intricately carved concentric circles, the Towie Ball is one of the finest Neolithic stoneworks ever discovered; using cutting-edge imaging technology, experts investigate the purpose behind this 5,000-year-old black stone mystery.
A look at the 11,000 year old skill of a deer, a decorated Bronze Age disk and a steampunk light bulb.
A look at the 'perfect listening bug' and a steam-powered 180-year-old mechanical engine that can solve complex math problems.
A tiny metal cube with a connection to Adolf Hitler is studied, along with the 300-year-old Berlin Gold Hat.
An obsidian mirror and the notorious Voynich Manuscript are among the magnificent items studied.
See one of the most famous coins ever discovered, and a death mask of a girl who drowned in Paris.
The Enigma Machine, vital to Britain's Second World War effort is re-examined. Mysterious ancient markings on a stone door are discovered.
A look at an ancient Greek device built to contain the knowledge of the cosmos and a color-changing Roman cup.
See one of the world's first batteries. Also, new details emerge about the death of Egypt's infamous Screaming Mummy.
Roman dodecahedrons and baffling copper scrolls discovered in Israel come under the microscope next. Plus, a bizarre discovery in Whitby.
The team investigates some of the most remarkable artifacts from Tutankhamen's tomb, including an exquisite piece of jewellery.
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