Ancient_Discoveries_Series_5
应用科学类纪录片，History Channel 频道 2008 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
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英文片名 ：Ancient Discoveries Series 5
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 ：2008
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
Death Weapons of the East
Comparison test between a shotgun and a staff, the oldest known weapon; the deadly Chinese ermei underwater attack weapon; examining whether Chi warriors can really kill a man with a single touch; ancient Chinese crossbows.
Impossible Naval Engineering
Citizens of ancient Tyre use fire ships against Alexander the Great’s besieging fleet; Roman Emperor Nero builds a death yacht to kill his own mother; a 15th-century weapon designed to pierce enemy hulls; ancient paddle- wheel boat.
Ancient Tank Tech
Asian battle elephants and Europe’s medieval knights in armor demonstrate people in the past understood the modern tank’s principles combining protection, speed and firepower; ancient antitank weapon.
Ancient Torture Tech
Revealing the terrifying truth behind torture; ancient inventors go to great lengths to develop precision devices to exact pain; the rack; burning at the stake; Vlad the Impaler.
Ancient Mining Machines
Unique technologies of ancient miners, including a Roman hydraulic system, sappers who could undermine castle walls and the 1689 origination of gunpowder mining in England.
Impossible Army Machines
The amazing successes and stunning failures of ancient military engineers influence today’s weapons and tactics; an ancient Greek weapon is still used on aircraft carriers; rapid-firing Chinese catapult; Hannibal crosses the Alps.
Lost Science of the Bible
Investigating Bible stories to find if they have basis in scientific fact; determining Goliath’s size and considering the technology of the sling David used to fell him; Tower of Babel; levitating a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.