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Ancient Engineering

At Rochester, a large stone extension houses a giant waiting room and, crucially, conceals...

At Rochester, a large stone extension houses a giant waiting room and, crucially, conceals the main gate from attack

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At Rochester,
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a large stone extension houses a giant waiting room
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and, crucially, conceals the main gate from attack.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:00
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
AM Trading,Avatar Productions,Sutjeska Film

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Movie Summary

A fascinating look at how modern day structures and engineering technologies have been inspired by ancient discoveries.
S01 • E02 Anyone who's visited Cumbria or Northern England - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Anyone who's visited Cumbria or Northern England
S01 • E05 And so the more lights you could get into your building, - Ancient Engineering 00:07
And so the more lights you could get into your building,
S01 • E01 And it was Roman soldiers - Ancient Engineering 00:05
And it was Roman soldiers
S01 • E01 When you look at the list of different skills - Ancient Engineering 00:12
When you look at the list of different skills
S01 • E05 Light would help create an experience of heaven on earth - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Light would help create an experience of heaven on earth
S01 • E02 Engineers would have to deal - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Engineers would have to deal
S01 • E04 Any assault would now involve an extended approach - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Any assault would now involve an extended approach
S01 • E03 As if an anticipation of defeat, - Ancient Engineering 00:07
As if an anticipation of defeat,
S01 • E04 The way it is engineered - Ancient Engineering 00:09
The way it is engineered
S01 • E03 It's a much larger construction than the previous pyramid. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
It's a much larger construction than the previous...
S01 • E05 But how could Suger develop the engineering tools - Ancient Engineering 00:05
But how could Suger develop the engineering tools
S01 • E01 Roads were constructed on a vast scale, - Ancient Engineering 00:07
Roads were constructed on a vast scale,
S01 • E03 And that's going to come with a whole bunch of challenges. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
And that's going to come with a whole bunch of...
S01 • E01 Having dominated the whole of Italy, - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Having dominated the whole of Italy,
S01 • E03 But as his new pyramid grew skyward, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
But as his new pyramid grew skyward,
S01 • E02 The hard graft of the wall building - Ancient Engineering 00:07
The hard graft of the wall building
S01 • E01 Colonizing neighbor after neighbor, - Ancient Engineering 00:06
Colonizing neighbor after neighbor,
S01 • E04 (keypad beeping) - Ancient Engineering 00:15
(keypad beeping)
S01 • E05 The simple problem of getting light - Ancient Engineering 00:09
The simple problem of getting light
S01 • E02 30,000 men were available - Ancient Engineering 00:05
30,000 men were available