Ancient_Discoveries_Series_2

应用科学类纪录片，History Channel 频道 2005 年出品，是 HC Ancient Discoveries 系列之一。

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影片信息

官方网站

http://www.history.com/shows/ancient-discoveries

影片原始规格:

• 中文片名 ：

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• 英文片名 ：Ancient Discoveries Series 2

• 英文系列名：Ancient Discoveries

• 电视台 ：History Channel

• 地区 ：美国

• 语言 ：英语

• 时长 ：50 min / EP

• 版本 ：DVD

• 发行时间 ：2005

影片内容介绍

剧情简介

In the ancient texts of Homer and the walls of Egyptian tombs lie tantalizing clues that are causing historians to re-think just how sophisticated centuries-old societies were. Drawings show that the Egyptians may have unlocked the secret to flight with primitive helicopter designs, and that the Chinese had a “wind car” in the 6th century AD that could transport them over land at up to 30 miles per hour. Even more amazing are 600-year-old designs from Italy for a Batmobile-like “rocket car” that appeared to be fueled by gunpowder.

Mechanical maids that could fetch water for people on their own were created by the inventor Philos in the Third century, a concept we still struggle to perfect today! And discoveries about ancient machines of warfare give a new vision of what truly defined the Egyptian empire. Ancient Discoveries unearths new clues that connect the present with the past in more startling ways than we had ever imagined.

分集介绍

Ships

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.

Warfare

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.

Machines II

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.