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Technological Marvels of the Ancient World

Technological Marvels of the Ancient World (2005)

August. 21,2005

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Technological Marvels of the Ancient World

Impossible discoveries have been made. Some of the world's greatest historical inventions are merely reinventions of contraptions made thousands of years before. See the incredible ingenuity of history's great minds as the secrets of these ancient discoveries are unraveled.

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Technological Marvels of the Ancient World

2005

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2005

6 Episode

Episode 1 - Warfare

August. 21,2005

Warfare technology is examined, including the Helepolis, a square fortified tower on wheels; and "Greek Fire," an incendiary liquid that stuck to people and objects and couldn't be extinguished with water.

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Episode 2 - Robotics

August. 21,2005

An examination of ancient robotics includes a look at the automata of ancient China, the Hellenistic engineers Heron and Philon, the Kurdish engineer Al-Jazari, the Byzantine Empire, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Episode 3 - Computing

August. 21,2005

This episode investigates the Antikythera Mechanism, a computer-like device that may have been used to calculate the movements of stars and planets. It also highlights ancient inventors Archimedes and Ctesibius.

Episode 4 - Medicine

August. 21,2005

Explores ancient medical techniques and possible new applications in the modern era. Techniques reviewed include blood letting by leeches, reading from a torpedo fish, trepanning to relieve pressure on the brain, and Roman battlefield surgery and tools.

Episode 5 - Ships

August. 21,2005

The lake Nemi ships, large Roman vessels that were salvaged from the lake in the 1930s and burned in 1944, are discussed, including technological discoveries from the ships.

Episode 6 - Power

August. 21,2005

Ancient mechanical devices are examined: A jar that appears to be an electric battery, a flour mill in France that is run by waterwheels, and Archimedes use of solar power to defeat the Romans.