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Strangest Things: The Lost Standard, The Steam Gun and The Sacrificial Throne

Strangest Things (2022)

Documentary, Historical | UK

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SEASON: 2

EPISODE: 8 - The Lost Standard, The Steam Gun and The Sacrificial Throne

SYNOPSIS

What is the purpose of a 3,500-year-old ornamented box, can a gun powered by steam revolutionise warfare, and is a carved stone monument really the throne of the most famous Aztec ruler of all?

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Corey Johnson

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