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Ancient Engineering (2021)

April. 07,2021

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Ancient Engineering

Using the latest technological insights, this series sheds new light on how incredible feats of ancient engineering were achieved and how they continue to influence modern-day engineers and shape our world.

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Ancient Engineering

2021

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 2 : 2022

10 Episode

Episode 1 - Earliest Arenas: The Colosseum

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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 non more so than the Colosseum in Rome.

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Episode 2 - How Gold Changed the World

July. 08,2022

Join us as we dig deep in this episode to uncover how gold was mined and transformed into everyday objects like jewellery and currency and even used to adorn holy temples and statues.

Episode 3 - History's Deadliest Weapons

July. 08,2022

As the battle distance continued 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.

Episode 4 - Navigating the Globe

July. 08,2022

This episode dives into the pioneering breakthroughs from across the globe that have shaped our ability to travel.

Episode 5 - Tools & Tech

July. 08,2022

This episode charts the groundbreaking developments that led us to a technologically sophisticated society. Discover the first ever data recording device from over 5000 years ago how weaving created binary code and that electric cars were invented a hundred years earlier than you think they were.

Episode 6 - Anatomy of the House

July. 15,2022

From living in caves to grand mansions shelter has always been high on the list of our priorities. But form and function varies wildly throughout civilizations. We explore how houses have developed through the ages – from simple tents made from animal hides to the ﬁrst cities.

Episode 7 - Extreme Buildings

July. 22,2022

Throughout history our ancestors have always strived to go higher bigger deeper further - and this is reﬂected in the buildings and structures around our globe. But what secrets can these ancient structures reveal?

Episode 8 - History's Hidden Marvels

July. 29,2022

This episode explores some of history's most ingenious yet lesser-known engineering solutions. Beginning with a recently uncovered 6300 year old Croatian wooden well that has been termed 'the world's oldest engineering marvel' through to the the Persian yakhchal.

Episode 9 - Ancient Waterways

August. 05,2022

The ancient ancestors realized that building structures and machines to harness water to provide transport power drainage and irrigation was vital to the success of their civilizations.

Episode 10 - Building Bridges

August. 12,2022

Migration travel and trade are all key components of human life. Our ancient ancestors had to come up with ingenious solutions and structures to travel freely – over the hills valleys and rivers of our world which can sometimes pose diﬃcult obstacles to cross.

Seasons 1 : 2021

10 Episode