Ancient Engineering
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S2, EP10 "Building Bridges"Migration, travel and trade are all key components of human life.
S2, EP9 "Ancient Waterways"Building structures and machines to harness water.
S2, EP8 "History's Hidden Marvels"Exploring some of history's most ingenious, yet lesser-known engineering solutions.
S2, EP7 "Extreme Buildings"Throughout history, ancestors have always strived to go higher, bigger, deeper, further.
S2, EP6 "Anatomy of the House"From living in caves to grand mansions, shelter has always been high on the list of priorities.
S2, EP5 "Tools & Tech"Groundbreaking developments lead to a technologically sophisticated society; the first data-recording device from over 5,000 years ago; how weaving creates binary code; electric cars are invented 100 years earlier than originally imagined.
S2, EP4 "Navigating the Globe"Pioneering breakthroughs from across the globe shape the ability to travel.
S2, EP3 "History's Deadliest Weapons"As the battle distance continues to grow with each new weapon, humans put their best minds to work refining and evolving their designs over the millennia to gain the upper hand.
S2, EP2 "How Gold Changed the World"Uncovering how gold is mined and transformed into everyday objects like jewelry and currency, and even used to adorn holy temples and statues.
S2, EP1 "Earliest Arenas: The Colosseum"Since their earliest existence in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, stadiums have been regarded as architectural masterpieces and focal points in their surrounding cities, but none more so than the Colosseum in Rome.
S1, EP10 "The Taj Mahal And The Golden Age Of Islam"Awe-inspiring palaces are the legacy that demonstrates the brilliance of Islamic engineers, working centuries before Western Europe began its own engineering revolution.
S1, EP9 "Stone Age Secrets"Even before the start of recorded history, ancient engineers across the World were erecting giant monuments.
S1, EP8 "History's Greatest Ships"As far back as the Bronze Age, humans were building ships capable of crossing oceans and trading between continents; perhaps the greatest surviving vessel from the Ancient world, is The Mary Rose, Henry VIII's mighty warship.
S1, EP7 "The Power Of Water"Without water, civilization is simply not possible; Romans took control of their water supplies very, very seriously; in order to keep the taps on, Roman engineers constructed vast networks of aqueducts, tunnels, sewers, and drains.
S1, EP6 "Secrets Of Angkor Wat"Temples, designed to honor the Gods, have been at the heart of cities since earliest times; often they have been the biggest and most impressive buildings of their age.
S1, EP5 "Secrets of Notre Dame"Building for God reached a high point in the Middle Ages when a new engineering movement emerged in Europe.
S1, EP4 "Rise of the Super-Castle"In the Middle Ages, the technology of the castle evolved by leaps and bounds.
S1, EP3 "Secrets of the Pyramids"Exploring how ancient Egyptian engineers built the monumental Great Pyramid at Giza, the only survivor of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
S1, EP2 "The Great Wall of China"Examining the history of the Great Wall of China.
S1, EP1 "Roads That Changed the World"Discovering the transport networks of the past.
Examining the engineering technology of the past.
Genres: DocuseriesTV Series
Rating: TVPG
Playback: HD
2 seasons available on demand (20 episodes)
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