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Ancient Engineering

For the most part, it was a blessing and Egypt became a land of plenty, but during times...

For the most part, it was a blessing and Egypt became a land of plenty, but during times of drought, there was starvation and death

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For the most part, it was a blessing
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and Egypt became a land of plenty,
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but during times of drought, there was starvation and death.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:10
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Instead of some dried, modern bricks are hardened in kilns
S01 • E01 Super highways stretching from city to city, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Super highways stretching from city to city,
S01 • E05 Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions, - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Inspired by a series of religious dreams and visions,
S01 • E04 Each is made of concrete and steel - Ancient Engineering 00:07
Each is made of concrete and steel
S01 • E03 If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow. - Ancient Engineering 00:06
If the Nile flood was too low, then famine would follow.
S01 • E02 Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter - Ancient Engineering 00:08
Bricks keep homes cool in summer, warm in winter
S01 • E01 But solid roads have been around a lot longer - Ancient Engineering 00:11
But solid roads have been around a lot longer
S01 • E05 10 years later, it became the official religion - Ancient Engineering 00:06
10 years later, it became the official religion
S01 • E04 Cheyenne's effectiveness - Ancient Engineering 00:11
Cheyenne's effectiveness
S01 • E03 If the Nile flood was too high, - Ancient Engineering 00:05
If the Nile flood was too high,
S01 • E05 By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen. - Ancient Engineering 00:05
By the sixth century, the Western Roman empire had fallen.
S01 • E03 This precarious existence - Ancient Engineering 00:06
This precarious existence
S01 • E02 There's something romantic about it. - Ancient Engineering 00:05
There's something romantic about it.
S01 • E04 But where did the ideas - Ancient Engineering 00:06
But where did the ideas
S01 • E05 It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire - Ancient Engineering 00:06
It came to be known as the Byzantine Empire
S01 • E03 And in order to protect the bodies of their dead, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
And in order to protect the bodies of their dead,
S01 • E01 It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places. - Ancient Engineering 00:04
It was discovered in the unlikeliest of places.
S01 • E02 But the people that built the first brick walled homes - Ancient Engineering 00:06
But the people that built the first brick walled homes
S01 • E05 The Byzantine empire was the most important economic, - Ancient Engineering 00:10
The Byzantine empire was the most important economic,
S01 • E04 Throughout the ancient world, - Ancient Engineering 00:09
Throughout the ancient world,