132: Time-Slip Artifacts: Modern Objects in the Ancient World - Volume 1

132: Time-Slip Artifacts: Modern Objects in the Ancient World - Volume 1

The story of the human race is a story of technology. One of our ancestors created fire and passed that knowledge along to the next generation. Then the invention of the wheel. Then agriculture, a writing system, mathematics, space travel. Within our story, empires rise and fall. Technology progresses. Civilizations are born and die. The human race continues to innovate. All of our innovations are built on previous ones. There could be no aqueduct without the arch. There could be no metal plow until someone learned how to mine iron. There could be no light bulb, no smart phone and no computer without first understanding electricity. Our progress is linear. It's orderly. But sometimes an object is discovered that's completely out of place and out of time. A computer found on a sunken Roman ship. A power plant found in a 100,000 year old cave. Evidence of a nuclear reactor from over a billion years ago. These objects shouldn't exist. But they do. Their existence violates the natural order of human progress. So if humans didn't create these items, who did? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thewhyfiles/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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593: Earth's Mantis Overlords | They've Been Here all Along (STRIPPED)

593: Earth's Mantis Overlords | They've Been Here all Along (STRIPPED)

What would you do if you felt eyes watching you, turned around, and saw a seven-foot insect-like creature? Since 2006, people fishing along the Musconetcong River in New Jersey have reported encounter...

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592: Proving Atlantis | The Megalithic Yard Mystery (STRIPPED)

592: Proving Atlantis | The Megalithic Yard Mystery (STRIPPED)

Thousands of years ago, ancient cultures across Europe built massive stone structures with extraordinary precision. Scottish engineer Alexander Thom discovered these sites all used the same exact unit...

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591: Mysteries of the Sea Vol 2: Ghost Ships & Desert Galleons | Unexplained Maritime Disappearances

591: Mysteries of the Sea Vol 2: Ghost Ships & Desert Galleons | Unexplained Maritime Disappearances

Throughout maritime history, ships have been found drifting with crews mysteriously vanished, leaving behind half-eaten meals and personal belongings undisturbed. The Mary Celeste in 1872, the Carroll...

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590: When Earth's Shield Fails the Dead Will Rise | The Plasma Apocalypse (STRIPPED)

590: When Earth's Shield Fails the Dead Will Rise | The Plasma Apocalypse (STRIPPED)

Our planet's magnetic shield is deteriorating rapidly, creating a dangerous vulnerability to solar storms of unprecedented power. Throughout history, events like the 1921 New York Railroad incident an...

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589: Proving the Afterlife | The Scole Experiments (STRIPPED)

589: Proving the Afterlife | The Scole Experiments (STRIPPED)

In 1993, four people gathered in a dark basement in Scole, England, hoping to communicate with the dead. What followed was five years of unexplained phenomena that challenged scientific understanding....

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588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

588: COMPILATION: Hole Stories and Underground Mysteries

A construction worker discovers a massive tunnel system while breaking ground for a new building. Meanwhile, deep in the Nevada desert, scientists detect unusual seismic activity that doesn't match an...

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587: MEGA COMPILATION: Dreams & Nightmares

587: MEGA COMPILATION: Dreams & Nightmares

Need something to listen to while you unwind? We’ve gathered some of our most soothing and fascinating stories to help you drift off into dreamland.Explore ideas that challenge reality, from simulatio...

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586: Weather Weapons & Worse | Tesla's Stolen Tech and the New Arms Race

586: Weather Weapons & Worse | Tesla's Stolen Tech and the New Arms Race

In the Alaskan wilderness stands an array of 180 antennas pointing skyward. The military calls it research, but declassified patents tell a different story.What began as Nikola Tesla's dream of free e...

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