Ancient Discoveries (2003)
Ancient Discoveries was a television series that premiered on December 21, 2003, on The History Channel. The program focused on ancient technologies. The show's theme was that many inventions which are thought to be modern have ancient roots or in some cases may have been lost and then reinvented. The program was a follow-up to a special originally broadcast in 2005 which focused on technologies from the Ancient Roman era such as the Antikythera mechanism and inventors such as Heron of Alexandria. Episodes of the regular series expanded to cover other areas such as Egypt, China and East Asia, and the Islamic world. Ancient Discoveries was made for The History Channel by Wild Dream Films based in Cardiff in the UK. Much of the filming was done on location across the world. The series used contributions from archaeologists and other experts, footage of historical sites and artifacts, computer generated reconstructions and dramatized reconstructions along with experiments and tests on reconstructed artifacts.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Ancient computer?
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1x2
Galen, doctor to the gladiators
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1x3
Heron of alexandria
Episodes season 2
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2x1
Warfare
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2x2
Ships
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2x3
Machines ii
Episodes season 3
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3x1
Siege of troy
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3x2
Cars & planes
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3x3
Machines of the gods
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3x4
Super ships
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3x5
Mega machines
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3x6
Egyptian warfare
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3x7
Chinese warfare
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3x8
Machines iii
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3x9
Robots
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3x10
Machines of the east
Episodes season 4
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4x1
Lost cities of the deep
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4x2
Ancient super navies
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4x3
Ancient super ballistics
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4x4
Ancient death machines
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4x5
Ancient chinese super ships
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4x6
Ancient new york
Episodes season 5
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5x1
Death weapons of the east
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5x2
Impossible naval engineering
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5x3
Ancient tank tech
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5x4
Ancient torture tech
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5x5
Ancient mining machines
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5x6
Impossible army machines
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5x7
Lost science of the bible
Episodes season 6
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6x1
Airborne assault
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6x2
Guns n' ammo
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6x3
Ancient mega-fort
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6x4
Ancient secret agents
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6x5
Gruesome medicine
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6x6
Riots and revolution
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6x7
Ancient commandos
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6x8
Ancient special forces
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6x9
Twisted weapons of the east
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6x10
Ancient record breakers
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6x11
Mega ocean conquest
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6x12
Rituals of death
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6x13
Secret science of the occult
