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Ancient Engineering

A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.

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Humanity's 10,000 year love affair with a brick - Ancient Engineering

Humanity's 10,000 year love affair with a brick

It was a simple - Ancient Engineering

It was a simple

So it all evolves throughout the next two, three, 400 years. - Ancient Engineering

So it all evolves throughout the next two, three, 400 years.

Basilicas like the cathedrals that came after them - Ancient Engineering

Basilicas like the cathedrals that came after them

It's been designed to withstand any type of threat, - Ancient Engineering

It's been designed to withstand any type of threat,

From the first handmade mud varieties - Ancient Engineering

From the first handmade mud varieties

For the ancient Egyptians - Ancient Engineering

For the ancient Egyptians

As they've grown, roads have completely reshaped human life. - Ancient Engineering

As they've grown, roads have completely reshaped human...

This giant bunker - Ancient Engineering

This giant bunker

Down the centuries, bricks have hardly changed. - Ancient Engineering

Down the centuries, bricks have hardly changed.

Annual floods brought nutrient rich waters - Ancient Engineering

Annual floods brought nutrient rich waters

What happens is that these basilicas are taken over - Ancient Engineering

What happens is that these basilicas are taken over

In the last hundred years, - Ancient Engineering

In the last hundred years,

And the reason they're much the same - Ancient Engineering

And the reason they're much the same

The Basilica form is then reproduced again - Ancient Engineering

The Basilica form is then reproduced again

It's that that could support this great civilization - Ancient Engineering

It's that that could support this great civilization

The influence of medieval castle builders is everywhere - Ancient Engineering

The influence of medieval castle builders is everywhere

The reason that brick is the size that it is, - Ancient Engineering

The reason that brick is the size that it is,

With over four million miles, - Ancient Engineering

With over four million miles,

In the fourth century, dramatic events in Rome - Ancient Engineering

In the fourth century, dramatic events in Rome

The world today produces - Ancient Engineering

The world today produces

Medieval engineers understood that the gate house - Ancient Engineering

Medieval engineers understood that the gate house

For the most part, it was a blessing - Ancient Engineering

For the most part, it was a blessing

Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns - Ancient Engineering

Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns

Super highways stretching from city to city, - Ancient Engineering

Super highways stretching from city to city,

Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions, - Ancient Engineering

Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions,

Each is made of concrete and steel - Ancient Engineering

Each is made of concrete and steel

If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow. - Ancient Engineering

If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow.

Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter - Ancient Engineering

Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter

But solid roads have been around a lot longer - Ancient Engineering

But solid roads have been around a lot longer

10 years later, it became the official religion - Ancient Engineering

10 years later, it became the official religion

Cheyenne's effectiveness - Ancient Engineering

Cheyenne's effectiveness

If the Nile flood was too high, - Ancient Engineering

If the Nile flood was too high,

By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen. - Ancient Engineering

By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen.

This precarious existence - Ancient Engineering

This precarious existence

There's something romantic about it. - Ancient Engineering

There's something romantic about it.

But where did the ideas - Ancient Engineering

But where did the ideas

It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire - Ancient Engineering

It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire

And in order to protect the bodies of their dead, - Ancient Engineering

And in order to protect the bodies of their dead,

It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places. - Ancient Engineering

It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places.

But the people that built the first brick walled homes - Ancient Engineering

But the people that built the first brick walled homes

The Byzantine empire was the most important economic, - Ancient Engineering

The Byzantine empire was the most important economic,

Throughout the ancient world, - Ancient Engineering

Throughout the ancient world,

Mummification was invented to provide - Ancient Engineering

Mummification was invented to provide

Their new shelters could actually make them more vulnerable. - Ancient Engineering

Their new shelters could actually make them more vulnerable.

Built by a civilization - Ancient Engineering

Built by a civilization

Ancient literature, from the Bible to the Trojan War, - Ancient Engineering

Ancient literature, from the Bible to the Trojan War,

As archeologists further explored the ruins of Jericho, - Ancient Engineering

As archeologists further explored the ruins of Jericho,

In 532, the new emperor Justinian wanted to signal - Ancient Engineering

In 532, the new emperor Justinian wanted to signal

The body of the deceased - Ancient Engineering

The body of the deceased

And, in the Classical Era, - Ancient Engineering

And, in the Classical Era,

Inventing the brick was just the beginning. - Ancient Engineering

Inventing the brick was just the beginning.

Around 5,000 years ago, - Ancient Engineering

Around 5,000 years ago,

All the organs were removed, excluding the heart. - Ancient Engineering

All the organs were removed, excluding the heart.

It would be known as the Hagia Sophia or Holy wisdom. - Ancient Engineering

It would be known as the Hagia Sophia or Holy wisdom.

It was then dried out with salts - Ancient Engineering

It was then dried out with salts

The thing about stopping in one place - Ancient Engineering

The thing about stopping in one place

Famous for great advances in every area of human endeavor, - Ancient Engineering

Famous for great advances in every area of human endeavor,

Justinian imagined a vast interior, - Ancient Engineering

Justinian imagined a vast interior,

Rome built a network of forts and walls - Ancient Engineering

Rome built a network of forts and walls

Some bodies were simply wrapped in linen - Ancient Engineering

Some bodies were simply wrapped in linen

One of the best known is Hadrian's Wall - Ancient Engineering

One of the best known is Hadrian's Wall

The desert sands may have been good enough - Ancient Engineering

The desert sands may have been good enough

And if you're prosperous, you need to defend that stuff - Ancient Engineering

And if you're prosperous, you need to defend that stuff

And that presented a major engineering challenge. - Ancient Engineering

And that presented a major engineering challenge.

They wouldn't have had any idea - Ancient Engineering

They wouldn't have had any idea

When the Romans invaded in 43AD, - Ancient Engineering

When the Romans invaded in 43AD,

So early settlers - Ancient Engineering

So early settlers

The ancient Egyptian king was essentially worshiped - Ancient Engineering

The ancient Egyptian king was essentially worshiped

Egyptian civilization developed along the river Nile. - Ancient Engineering

Egyptian civilization developed along the river Nile.

They're stepping off into the unknown - Ancient Engineering

They're stepping off into the unknown

It was the super highway running through Egypt. - Ancient Engineering

It was the super highway running through Egypt.

Behind Hadrian's Wall were forts, - Ancient Engineering

Behind Hadrian's Wall were forts,

Workers used simple hand tools, - Ancient Engineering

Workers used simple hand tools,

For those charged with building it, - Ancient Engineering

For those charged with building it,

Jericho became the first known walled settlement - Ancient Engineering

Jericho became the first known walled settlement

It basically joins up every single - Ancient Engineering

It basically joins up every single

With all its towns built - Ancient Engineering

With all its towns built

I can imagine the construction site at the Hagia Sophia - Ancient Engineering

I can imagine the construction site at the Hagia Sophia

Its final wall was over 11 feet tall, - Ancient Engineering

Its final wall was over 11 feet tall,

Early forts were built from timber, - Ancient Engineering

Early forts were built from timber,

The Egyptions used ships for pretty much everything, - Ancient Engineering

The Egyptions used ships for pretty much everything,

With a planned height of 183 feet, - Ancient Engineering

With a planned height of 183 feet,

But midway through the first century, Rome was under attack, - Ancient Engineering

But midway through the first century, Rome was under attack,

And mummification continued for thousands of years, - Ancient Engineering

And mummification continued for thousands of years,

What the wall does is not just make us safe and secure, - Ancient Engineering

What the wall does is not just make us safe and secure,

Britain wouldn't see defenses built on this scale again - Ancient Engineering

Britain wouldn't see defenses built on this scale again

For many years, - Ancient Engineering

For many years,

One of them is that you expose the building - Ancient Engineering

One of them is that you expose the building

The other thing is the building itself weighs more - Ancient Engineering

The other thing is the building itself weighs more

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A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.

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Production: AM Trading,Avatar Productions,Sutjeska Film

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Year: 2021

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Released: 21 Mar 2021

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