Strangest Things

The stories of a cursed gemstone, an ancient flute that provides a new insight into human evolution, and a simple shoe housing a hi-tech device to win at casinos

A look at perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms

The stories behind a crystal skull in the British Museum, an ancient Chinese chair covered in sword blades, and a circular tablet found in the ancient world's greatest library

The stories behind a crystal skull in the British Museum, an ancient Chinese chair covered in sword blades, and a circular tablet found in the ancient world's greatest library

The stories behind a crystal skull in the British Museum, an ancient Chinese chair covered in sword blades, and a circular tablet found in the ancient world's greatest library

The stories behind a crystal skull in the British Museum, an ancient Chinese chair covered in sword blades, and a circular tablet found in the ancient world's greatest library

A 200-year-old mechanical man that beat the world's best chess players, a quest for immortality, and an Egyptian mummy wrapped in the words of a lost civilisation

A 200-year-old mechanical man that beat the world's best chess players, a quest for immortality, and an Egyptian mummy wrapped in the words of a lost civilisation

A look at perplexing and unusual objects lying hidden away in museums, laboratories and storage rooms