Technological Marvels of the Ancient World (2005)
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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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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