The Persian Princess

Strange Matters Podcast

Campfire Audio Productions

Science, History, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences

4.4 • 987 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2018

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This episode of Strange Matters presents a historical mystery known as the Persian Princess. In November of 2000, an amazing discovery was made when a police raid in Pakistan turned up a mummy. Though already highly unusual, what made this case even more astounding was the fact that this new mummy appeared to be unique from every other mummy ever found before. This new found mummy was claimed not to be an Egyptian, but instead an ancient Persian princess who lived 2,600 years ago.
At first appearances, It looked as if this was the find of a lifetime.
However, after an investigation was launched to determine the legitimacy of this so called Persian Princess, the story on this historic marvel suddenly would take a dark turn.

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0:00.0	And the Oh, Hello everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Strange Matters Podcast.
0:44.0	Here is Strange Matters, we discuss everything that is mysterious, bizarre, and unexplained.
0:48.0	I am Sean and I will be the host for this episode.
0:52.0	In this episode of Strange Matters, I will be the host for this episode.
0:59.0	In this episode of Strange Matters, I will be discussing a historic mystery known as the Persian princess. This historical marvel took place in 2000, when an amazing discovery was made a mummy. This was no ordinary
1:07.1	mummy however, as this new found mummy was claimed to be that of an ancient Persian princess over 2,600 years old.
1:16.0	This princess mummy was entombed inside a wooden sarcophagus, wearing an elaborate golden
1:20.5	crown and mask, all encased in a carved stone coffin.
1:24.9	At first appearances, it looked like this was the find of a lifetime, one of the most significant
1:29.2	historical finds of the modern era, and one of the most magnificent ancient treasures ever to be unearthed in the area.
1:35.0	However, as time went on, the story of this historical wonder started to take a darker turn.
1:41.0	As the mummy was investigated further, a terrible secret was a historical and archaeological find into a modern day murder mystery.
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2:05.8	bonus episodes, which will be starting back up again in this month, July.
2:10.0	This week I'd especially like to thank our newest supporter of Brett.
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2:19.3	And now to begin the story of this modern historical mystery.
2:23.2	In October 19th of 2000, Pakistani authorities received a tip from a citizen and became
2:29.0	aware of a videotape of a man who was allegedly claiming to have an authentic mummy for sale.
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